Is the newly crowned US-Open champion Emma Raducanu your ultimate sporting hero? Having turned professional only in 2018, the 18-year-old British tennis star has taken the game by storm! The signs were already there when Emma made her main draw Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, where she reached the quarter final. But it was her amazing triumph at the 2021 US Open that has shocked the world and made her into a household name. Now you can read her story. Packed with cool facts, delightfully fun illustrations and inspirational quotes, Sports Superstars: Raducanu Rules promises to be a page turner for young fans, who want to be inspired by the new golden girl of tennis.
The Sports Superstars series is aimed at building a love of reading from a young age, with fun cartoons, inspirational stories, a simple narrative style and a cast of characters chipping in with quotes, jokes and comments.
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Records, stats and little-known facts keep the fun factor high.
Meet Emma Born in Toronto The move to England Sporty Girl Wonder
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Simon once worked at the Science Museum in London, where he flew paper aeroplanes and made giant bubbles for children. Now he writes and edits books about things like dinosaurs, ice hockey, thunderstorms and llamas. He lives in Kent with his wife and daughter, a cat and two tortoises. Dan Green has drawn silly pictures since he could hold a crayon. Then he grew up and started making books about stuff like trucks, space, people's jobs, Doctor Who and Star Wars. Dan lives in Suffolk with his wife, son, daughter and dog that takes him for very long walks.
