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2) Roberta Gibb
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life and achievements of the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1966.
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
One woman is about to discover everything she believes--knows--to be true about her life...isn't. After hitting her head, Lucy Sparks awakens in the hospital to a shocking revelation: the man she's known and loved for years--the man she recently married--is not actually her husband. In fact, they haven't even spoken since their breakup four years earlier. The happily-ever-after she remembers in vivid detail--right down to the dress she wore to their...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Can't Nothing Bring Me Down is the memoir of 101-year-old, world-record-holding runner Ida Keeling. Miss Ida, as she's known throughout her Bronx community, isn't your typical runner. Her fierce independence helped her through the Depression and the Civil Rights movement. But her greatest trials were yet to come. Ida's two sons were brutally murdered. Justice was never found. Ida felt like she didn't have the strength to carry on and she couldn't...
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kathrine Switzer changed the world of running. This narrative biography follows Kathrine from running laps as a girl in her backyard to becoming the first woman to run the Boston Marathon with official race numbers in 1967. Her inspirational true story is for anyone willing to challenge the rules. The compelling collage art adds to the kinetic action of the story. With tension and heart, this biography has the influential power to get readers into...
Author
Publisher
W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The two-time Olympic gold medalist shares her life story and how she overcame her pursuit of perfection and people-pleasing through her deep Christian faith while offering readers guidance on pushing past perceived limits and overcoming challenges.
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When Alexi Pappas was four years old, her mother died by suicide, drastically altering the course of Pappas's life and setting her on a perpetual search for female role models. When her father started signing her up for sports teams as a way to keep his bereaved daughter busy, female athletes became some of the first women Pappas looked up to, and she became a girl with a goal: to be an Olympian. Despite setbacks and hardships, Pappas held fast to...
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