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Maggie Vaults Over the Moon is available in paperback or eBook and can be purchased in London, England, through Amazon.com.uk, as well as in Canada, China, Japan,  Germany, Spain,  France, Italy, and the USA. Maggie also is available at Angus … Continue reading →

Maggie Steele had an awesome day at the New England Beach Vault. With sunny blue skies and temps in the 70s, the weather was picture perfect for pole-vaulting at Narraganset Town Beach, Rhode Island, where a brisk ocean breeze boosted … Continue reading →

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Oct. 25) – Storybook heroine Maggie Steele received a huge honor at the World Masters Track and Field Championships, when two gold medal winning pole-vaulters — Allan Williams and Sue Yeomans of Great Britain — paid a special … Continue reading →

Storybook heroine Maggie Steele is winging her way West for the fourth annual Valley Vaulters Halloween Vault this weekend in beautiful Murrieta, California. The event, sponsored by the Valley Vaulters pole-vault club will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 … Continue reading →

JAMESTOWN, Kan. – Storybook pole-vaulter Maggie Steele celebrated her first anniversary in the company of a former world-record holder, Olympians, and Olympic hopefuls at Doctoberfest 2013 on Saturday, Oct. 5th. The eighth annual event at the Tailwind Pole Vault Club … Continue reading →

One if by land, two if by sea, Minutewoman Maggie is on a fast gallop from Grain Valley, Kansas, to New England Beach Vault 2013. Author Grant Overstake received an email on Sunday, inviting his storybook heroine, Maggie Steele, to … Continue reading →

Teenage pole-vaulting sensations Kassandra (Kassy) Hordal, of Edmonton, Alberta, and Makayla Linebarger, of Reno, Nev., launched themselves into the record books in their respective countries this summer. In the process, Canada’s best and America’s best became best of friends. Kassy, … Continue reading →

Longtime television producer John Rinkenbaugh has spent his entire adult life looking for and producing great stories all over the nation. He finally found a story that transported him back to his childhood — Maggie Vaults Over the Moon. “This … Continue reading →

TOPEKA, Kan. — To celebrate Maggie’s appearance at the Kansas Book Festival on Saturday, receive a free eBook download of the novel with each paperback copy of Maggie Vaults Over the Moon purchased on the State Capitol grounds. The inspirational young adult … Continue reading →

LONDON – A former British Champion and Great Britain International in the pole-vault has endorsed the inspirational sports novel, Maggie Vaults Over the Moon. “Maggie is a great read for any aspiring young athlete, and covers many of the topics … Continue reading →

(NBCSPORTS.COM) – Russia’s biggest track and field star gave the home crowd plenty to cheer about at the World Championships on Tuesday. Yelena Isinbayeva won her third world title in what may have been her final competition. With all of … Continue reading →

Maggie Steele is headed to the Statehouse! Author Grant Overstake will introduce his young adult novel, Maggie Vaults Over the Moon, to the book-loving people of Kansas at the Kansas Book Festival, to be held Saturday, Sept. 7th, on the … Continue reading →

The Voice of Masters Track and Field has spoken, and Ken Stone says… Maggie Vaults Over the Moon is a “marvelous” and “vivid” story that will rekindle “the youthful joy” of achievement for all athletes, from nine to 99 years-young. … Continue reading →

Maggie Steele, the storybook heroine who vaults over the moon, has been attracting thousands of visitors from around the world. So many visitors, in fact, that she’s using a time zone map to keep track of them all.* People are … Continue reading →

CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla. — Maggie Steele, the gutsy farm girl from Grain Valley, Kansas, was the storybook guest of honor here Saturday, July 20th, as copies of her inspirational sports novel, Maggie Vaults Over the Moon were presented to female … Continue reading →

GRAIN VALLEY, Kan. — Grandma just knew that the 10,000th visitor to Maggie’s blog would appear sometime Sunday evening, so she baked one of her blue-ribbon rhubarb pies, and shoo-shooed Maggie and Troy away from the dinner table without dessert, … Continue reading →

GRAIN VALLEY, Kan. – Folks around here are still searching for the right words to express how thrilled they are that Maggie Vaults Over the Moon is on sale now at Australia’s premier online bookseller, Angus & Robertson! “Gee-whiz, I … Continue reading →

With clear skies, scorching heat, and a bast furnace for a tailwind, conditions were almost perfect for the gutsy athletes who attended the second Shocker Pole Vault Camp of the summer, July 12-14, at Cessna Stadium on the campus of … Continue reading →

Maggie Steele is packing her flip-flops and sunscreen for a pole-vaulter’s dream vacation! The gutsy farm girl from Grain Valley, Kansas, has been invited to share the awards stand at Florida Beach Vault 2013, Saturday July 20th, at one of … Continue reading →

Summertime is a great time for pole-vaulting and reading novels about pole-vaulting. Which is why the popular teen novel Maggie Vaults Over the Moon continues to soar as a best-seller at Watermark Books & Cafe, the region’s No. 1 bookstore. … Continue reading →

WICHITA, Kan. – Cessna Stadium has seen many thrilling pole-vault moments. Three-time Olympian Earl Bell set a world record here in 1976, and college and high school athletes routinely soar to new heights at the stadium, site of the fabled … Continue reading →

The entire pole-vault community is cheering for Mackenzie Van Pelt of the Tailwind Pole Vault Club. Mackenzie, the vaulting farm girl from Beloit, Kan., is facing some pretty tough health issues right now, with a leg injury. But she’s facing … Continue reading →

WICHITA, Kan. – Every year for the past 101 years, dreams have come true at the Kansas State High School Track and Field Championships. The meet’s 102nd running will be no exception, this Friday and Saturday, as more than 3,000 … Continue reading →