New Challenges (Perfect Balance Gymnastics Optionals)

Paige is back in this Perfect Balance Gymnastics spin-off series about the challenges of middle school and optionals gymnastics.Paige has been invited to train with the Level 6 team, the first level of optionals, at Perfect Balance Gymnastics Academy. Paige has been looking forward to optionals where she can compete her own routines. Her coaches believe she can learn her new skills and routines in time for the first Level 6 meet in six weeks. But Paige is growing so fast that learning new skills has become a huge challenge. She feels big and clunky compared to her younger teammates.Conversely, Paige feels young and small at middle school. Her school friends talk about cramps and their period. The more Paige listens the more she’s convinced she does not want to become a woman. Paige is turning 13 this fall and she realizes she can’t stop puberty from coming. Will Paige find the confidence she needs to handle new routines, puberty, and middle school?Perfect Balance Gymnastics Optionals is a realistic gymnastics series for tween girls navigating middle school, confidence, friendship, competition, and the challenges of growing up. This series is a spin-off to the best-selling series, Perfect Balance Gymnastics Series. The main characters readers have grown to love are now in middle school and training optionals (Level 6 to Level 10). Perfect Balance Gymnastics Books teach girls to be kind to each other, flexible in life, courageous, strong, and most of all, confident. The books set the reader in the world of gymnastics. The characters are relatable and have age-appropriate challenges. Each book explores a major life lesson that empowers girls to understand their own inner strengths.The Perfect Balance Gymnastics Optionals Series increases reading level from 6th grade to 8th grade as the series progresses. New Challenges is written at a 6th grade reading level and appeals to 11-14-year-olds. Perfect Balance Gymnastics Books are chronological, but each story can stand alone. Read more