The Bully Coach

American Gold Gymnasts #4

by Gabrielle Charbonnet

Kelly, Maya, and their friends are thilled to learn that Lugo Bigue, the world-famous gymnastics coach, is coming to teach an intensive two-week session to the Georgia Gold Gymnasts. They plan to do everything he tells them. But when Lugo arrives, he's not at all what the girls expected. Lugo praises their strengths, but he's harsh--even cruel, when it comes to their flaws. And after he makes Maya cry, Kelly organizes a mutiny against him. So what if he's coached several gymnasts to Olympic medal glory. The girls don't need Lugo--or his abuse--to win. Do they?

144 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Gabrielle Charbonnet lives in North Carolina.

She also writes YA titles under her pen name Cate Tiernan .