Body & Soul
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"Bethany Hamilton has become a fitness expert by virtue of being a professional athlete who has excelled—and she’s done it while overcoming incredible challenges. Whether you know Bethany or not, whether you surf or not, everyone has challenges, and in “Body and Soul,” Bethany shares some of her core experiences with body, mind and spirit. Sharing her expertise as an athlete, “Body and Soul” helps young girls develop a healthy lifestyle, understand their changing bodies, gain confidence, and establish a pattern of healthy living starting at a young age. This book includes workouts specially developed for young girls by Bethany’s personal trainer, recipes and information on healthy eating based on “Bethany’s food pyramid,” which follows the Mediterranean diet, and advice on deepening your spiritual health, for a total body wellness book perfect for growing girls. This isn’t a book about Bethany, this is a book about wellness, becoming your best “you,” through physical and spiritual balance, because spiritual health is just as important as physical health."
Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
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"She lost her arm in a shark attack and nearly died, but she never lost her faith. In her #1 New York Times bestseller, Bethany Hamilton tells the moving story of her triumphant return to competitive surfing, which continues to inspire all who hear it.
They say Bethany Hamilton has salt water in her veins. How else could one explain the passion that drives her to surf? Or that nothing—not even the loss of her arm—could come between her and the waves? That Halloween morning in Kauai, Hawaii, Bethany responded to the shark’s stealth attack with the calm of a teenage girl with God on her side, resolutely pushing aside her pain and panic while being rescued and brought back to shore. “When can I surf again?” was the first thing Bethany asked after her emergency surgery, leaving no doubt that her spirit and determination were part of a greater story—a tale of personal empowerment and spiritual grit that shows the body is no more essential to surfing, perhaps even less so, than the soul."
They say Bethany Hamilton has salt water in her veins. How else could one explain the passion that drives her to surf? Or that nothing—not even the loss of her arm—could come between her and the waves? That Halloween morning in Kauai, Hawaii, Bethany responded to the shark’s stealth attack with the calm of a teenage girl with God on her side, resolutely pushing aside her pain and panic while being rescued and brought back to shore. “When can I surf again?” was the first thing Bethany asked after her emergency surgery, leaving no doubt that her spirit and determination were part of a greater story—a tale of personal empowerment and spiritual grit that shows the body is no more essential to surfing, perhaps even less so, than the soul."
Soul Surfer Devotions
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"She’s blonde, brave, and totally determined—she’s a gutsy professional surfer with an unwavering faith. Competitive teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and defied the odds to become a champion again, has inspired millions with her story. In Soul Surfer Devotions Bethany speaks about letting God lead in the epic ride of life.
In this devotional, Bethany shares stories of women to admire, prayers to focus on, and wipeouts to avoid. Readers will hear thoughts on friends, family, faith, gossip, and peer pressure—Bethany covers it all."
In this devotional, Bethany shares stories of women to admire, prayers to focus on, and wipeouts to avoid. Readers will hear thoughts on friends, family, faith, gossip, and peer pressure—Bethany covers it all."
Rise Above – A 90- Day Devotional
"Young girls will get encouraging words from the Bible and from courageous, young surfer Bethany Hamilton to see them through their day in this devotional book. Both “hot” and “cool” topics that every young girl faces will be addressed. An extra, tucked-in feature will give the girls the “inside scoop” on what Bethany’s life is all about."
Ask Bethany – FAQs: Surfing, Faith & Friends
"In her chatty and breezy style, typical of any online conversation, Bethany Hamilton shares information on a wide variety of topics about her life and faith. Honest, sometimes gut-wrenching questions from Bethany Hamilton’s fan mail—paired with inspirational Bible verses and Bethany’s own answers—will keep girls ages eight to twelve turning the pages of this book."
Raising a Soul Surfer
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"Bethany Hamilton’s incredible story of surviving and thriving in the wake of a shark attack, told in her best-selling autobiography Soul Surfer, has sold more than 1.5 million copies. Now, her mother, Cheri Hamilton has written a memoir, Raising a Soul Surfer, and reveals the many ways that God prepared her and her family for Bethany’s traumatic accident. Their preparation helped them cope with the shark attack on Halloween 2003 that claimed her daughter’s left arm, and with the unexpected, international attention that followed.“I wrote Raising a Soul Surfer to help families who are going through struggles. I want others to know how God set up our family as a team to deal with life’s uncertainties,” says Cheri. “God doesn’t allow us to go through pain to hurt us, but to heal and transform and draw us to Him. My hope is that our story will encourage you to pursue God regardless of the cost.”
Highlighted book topics:
• Cheri’s life as a surf girl in the 60’s, an era known for recreational drug use and promiscuity and the night she spent in jail for eating police evidence
• The spiritual struggles Cheri faced and the lessons learned from Bethany’s accident
• Cheri’s eerie experience of her first-ever surfing outing to the same reef where Bethany was attacked years later
• The Hamilton’s today including Bethany’s courageous re-entry into the world of surfing competition and the non-profit organization to help shark-attack survivors
• Other family adventures including surfing as a young mom, surviving Hurricanes Iniki and Iwa, Bethany’s return to surfing after the attack and having her family story turned into a major motion film
“At the beginning, I was a young surfer girl, living my dreams, who encountered God in an unlikely place through unlikely disciples. I was a surf gypsy, with a surf gypsy husband, enjoying life in tropical paradise,” says Cheri. “But I became a mother who had to wrestle with fear and uncertainty when the news came that her daughter had been attacked by a shark. I never expected our children to be life-changers in such a profound way. We had raised our daughter to surf, not to seek to be in the media spotlight, but to shine for Jesus. Yet she embraced this challenge to honor God and be His witness to the world.”
Highlighted book topics:
• Cheri’s life as a surf girl in the 60’s, an era known for recreational drug use and promiscuity and the night she spent in jail for eating police evidence
• The spiritual struggles Cheri faced and the lessons learned from Bethany’s accident
• Cheri’s eerie experience of her first-ever surfing outing to the same reef where Bethany was attacked years later
• The Hamilton’s today including Bethany’s courageous re-entry into the world of surfing competition and the non-profit organization to help shark-attack survivors
• Other family adventures including surfing as a young mom, surviving Hurricanes Iniki and Iwa, Bethany’s return to surfing after the attack and having her family story turned into a major motion film
“At the beginning, I was a young surfer girl, living my dreams, who encountered God in an unlikely place through unlikely disciples. I was a surf gypsy, with a surf gypsy husband, enjoying life in tropical paradise,” says Cheri. “But I became a mother who had to wrestle with fear and uncertainty when the news came that her daughter had been attacked by a shark. I never expected our children to be life-changers in such a profound way. We had raised our daughter to surf, not to seek to be in the media spotlight, but to shine for Jesus. Yet she embraced this challenge to honor God and be His witness to the world.”
Clash
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"Soul Surfer is a series of novels based on the life of surfer star, Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack. In Clash, book one of the series, an uninvited new girl named Jenna crowds Bethany and her friends—until a wake-up call shows Bethany that sometimes you have to be willing to make hard choices if you want to do the right thing."
Burned
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"Bethany usually gets along with everyone, but in Burned, book two of the Soul Surfer Series, fourteen-year-old Bethany thought she was going to Samoa with her family to surf—but it turns out God has much more planned for her when she meets an angry, young man and helps him learn to love again."
Strom
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"In the third installment of the Soul Surfers Series, Storm, a car wash and a surf-a-thon with inflatable toys seem like great fundraisers for a mission trip for Bethany’s youth group. But an unexpected and life-threatening challenge for Bethany and her friend Holly brings a mysterious twist to the plans for Mexico."
Crunch
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"Book four of the Soul Surfers Series, Crunch, follows Bethany while on a mission trip with her youth group to Mexico, where she meets a soccer-loving little boy who captures her heart in an unexpected way and helps him discover the father of his dreams. But because of a promise she makes to him, Bethany’s competition in a prestigious surf contest is threatened."