MAIN MENU

NEW SEARCH SUGGEST-A-TITLE CHAT WITH STAFF CLASSES & EVENTS LEARNING & RESEARCH ROOMS & STUDIOS

QUICK LINKS

BROWSE NEW AND POPULAR WE DELIVER THE DVD VAULT SHOP AT OCLS

Southwest Branch Closing for Maintenance
Southwest Branch will be closed on Monday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 26 for replacement of the HVAC unit. The book drop will remain open and we plan to resume normal operating hours on Wednesday, March 27.

Presidential Preference Primary Election Early Voting at Select Library Locations
Ten OCLS Branch locations will host early voting for the 2024 Early Voting Primary Election from Monday, March 4 to Sunday, March 17 (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.): Alafaya, Chickasaw, Fairview Shores, Hiawassee, South Creek, Southeast, Southwest, Washington Park, West Oaks, and Winter Garden. Learn more about early voting at select library locations >

My Library

     
Limit search to available items
Previous Record
Next Record
Book Cover
Request This Item
Add To My Lists
Add To Cart
MARC Display
Return To Search Results
Resources
Learn More
Title Bravey [Young readers edition] : chasing dreams, befriending pain, and other big ideas / Alexi Pappas ; foreword by Maya Hawke.
Author Pappas, Alexi, author.
Publication Info. New York : Delacorte Press, 2023.
Book Cover
Rating No one has rated this material
Copies/Volumes
Location Call No. Status
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J B PAPPAS    Checked Out
 Southeast  J B PAPPAS    Check Shelves
 Washington Park  J B PAPPAS    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 221 pages ; 22 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note "Adapted for young readers."
Audience Ages 10 up Delacorte Press.
Summary "Olympic runner, actress, filmmaker, and writer Alexi Pappas shares the touchstone moments in her life that helped her learn about confidence and self-reliance, compassion and forgiveness, and loss and hope. Adapted for young readers from Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas (The Dial Press; 2021)"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Introduction: be a bravey -- Four memories of my mother -- Girl scouts -- The mentor buffet -- Puberty power -- Crush -- My pal, pain -- The rule of thirds -- The Olympics -- Depression -- Glop -- Willpower -- My bugs -- Sorry -- For those who dream -- Epilogue: the end of the beginning.
Subject Pappas, Alexi -- Juvenile literature.
Runners (Sports) -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women runners -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women Olympic athletes -- Greece -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Children of suicide victims -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Greek Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Courage -- Juvenile literature.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 9780593562741 (hardcover) : $18.99
0593562747 (hardcover)
9780593562758 (library binding)
0593562755 (library binding)
Previous Record
Next Record