»An all die LGBTQIA+ Kids da draußen: Ich sehe euch. Ich höre euch. Und ich werde für euch kämpfen, mit jedem Atemzug.« Megan Rapinoe: Fußballstar, Weltmeisterin, Olympia-Gold-Siegerin und furchtlose Kämpferin für die Rechte der LGBTQ-Community und für die Black Lives Matter-Bewegung. Ihr solidarischer Kniefall für den Schwarzen Football-Spieler Colin Kaepernik in 2016 ist unvergessen, ebenso ihre Kampfansage gegen Donald Trump. Für ihre Vision von einer gerechteren Welt erhebt Rapinoe ihre Stimme unermüdlich gegen Rassismus und Ausgrenzung, gegen Unrecht und Ungerechtigkeit. Nahbar und lebendig erzählt sie, wie sehr ihr Leben immer schon von mutigen Entscheidungen und dem Verteidigen ihrer Werte geprägt war. Und sie inspiriert ihre Leser*innen, wie alt sie auch sein mögen, in diesem einen Leben im eigenen Umfeld etwas zu bewirken und die Welt zu einem besseren Ort zu machen. Fesselnd, inspirierend und auf Augenhöhe, erzählt von der Fußball-Ausnahmesportlerin Megan Rapinoe. Mit über 30 persönlichen Schwarzweißfotos.
"Megan Rapinoe, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion, has become a galvanizing force for social change; here, she urges all of us to take up the mantle, with actions big and small, to continue the fight for justice and equality Megan Rapinoe is one of the world's most talented athletes. But beyond her massive professional success on the soccer field, Rapinoe has become an icon and ally to millions, boldly speaking out on the issues that matter most. In recent years, she's become one of the faces of the equal pay movement and her tireless activism for LGBTQ rights has earned her global support. In One Life, Rapinoe embarks on a thoughtful and unapologetic discussion of social justice and politics. Raised in a conservative small town in northern California, the youngest of six, Rapinoe was four years old when she kicked her first soccer ball. Her parents encouraged her love for the game, but also urged her to volunteer at homeless shelters and food banks. Her passion for community engagement never wavered through high school or college, all the way up to 2016, when she took a knee during the national anthem in solidarity with former NFL player Colin Kaepernick, to protest racial injustice and police brutality - the first high-profile white athlete to do so. The backlash was immediate, but it couldn't compare to the overwhelming support. Rapinoe became a force of social change, both on and off the field. Using anecdotes from her own life and career, from suing the United States Soccer Federation alongside her teammates over gender discrimination to her widely publicized refusal to visit the White House, Rapinoe discusses the obligation we all have to speak up, and reveals the impact each of us can have on our communities. As she declared during the soccer team's victory parade in New York in 2019, "[T]his is everybody's responsibility, every single person here, every single person who is not here, every single person who doesn't want to be here, every single person who agrees and doesn't agree.... It takes everybody. This is my charge to everybody. Do what you can. Do what you have to do. Step outside yourself. Be more. Be better. Be bigger than you've ever been before.""-- Provided by publisher
Adapted for young readers! Join two-time Women's World Cup champion, Olympic gold medalist, and trailblazing activist Megan Rapinoe in the fight for equality and justice in this middle grade adaptation of her New York Times bestselling memoir, One Life .You know Megan Rapinoe as an international soccer superstar! She’s also a fierce activist, boldly speaking out about issues of equality and justice—from LGBTQ rights to the equal pay movement to Black Lives Matter.In this adaptation for middle school readers of her memoir One Life , get to know from her childhood in a small California town where she learned to play soccer and how to fight for social justice; through high school, college and beyond; to 2016 when she became the first high-profile white athlete to take a knee in support of Colin Kaepernik, and also suing the United States Soccer Federation along with her teammates over gender discrimination.Using stories from her own life and career, Rapinoe discusses the responsibility we have to speak up. In this edition specifically for young readers, she reveals the impact everyone, even kids, can have on their communities and how kids can get involved in making the world a better place.
