As a child growing up in Australia, Annette Kellerman was a frail ugly duckling who dreamed of becoming a graceful ballerina. With courage and determination, she confronted a crippling illness to become an internationally known record-setting athlete who revolutionized the sport of swimming for women, a movie star who invented water ballet, and a fashion revolutionary who modernized the swimsuit.
- ISBN: 9780439698351
- Author: Corey, Shana
- Illustrator: Fotheringham, Edwin
- Published: 2009 , Scholastic Press
- Themes: Courage, Determination, illness, Sports
- Descriptors: Australia, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Oceania, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
- No. of pages: 48