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Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Kids 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SWICabot, Belen Medina
Summary: "From the copper canyons of Mexico her swift footsteps echo. Clip clap, clip clap. Experience a 60-mile run with indigenous athlete Lorena Ramirez, who captured the world's attention when she won an ultramarathon in Mexico wearing a skirt and rubber sandals--the traditional clothes of the Rarámuri, 'the light-footed people'"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2024