Marvelous Mabel: Figure Skating Superstar Book cover type:Paperback a young invisible woman

a young invisible woman

two characters often find themselves sitting across a table for two where the direction of their futures may hinge upon what they say to each other next

determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe)

Her only trusted advisor is the aforementioned cat

In the backyard is a locked shed from which strange sounds emerge

Marvelous Mabel: Figure Skating Superstar Book cover type:Paperback a young invisible womanMeet Mabel Fairbanks, the skating superstar who became the first Black athlete inducted into the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame. After watching ice skaters glide and spin at a rink in Central Park, Mabel Fairbanks was determined to learn to skate. But in the 1930s, many places didn't allow Black skaters on the ice, so Mabel practiced on a homemade rink in her bedroom! There she learned how to perform sharp turns and whizzing spins of her own creation.