Mitchell, Jane
Summary: Azari's life has been split in two and the halves are as different as lemons and mangoes. Running links the two parts of her life: sometimes when she runs it is because she wants to, because she feels strong and free. But sometimes it is because she has no other choice. When Azari and her mother flee for their lives to Ireland they are put in a centre for asylum seekers. They must share a room...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Island Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MITNuurali, Siman
Summary: Eight-year-old Sadiq wants to try out for the youth football team like his friends, but his parents feel he is too young, and instead suggest that he take up running and join the track club--Sadiq feels that running is wimpy, but the coach convinces him that running races can be fun as well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE NUUWest, Kara
Summary: Mia is excited about her first superspeed training class, but a bully on her relay team leads her to lose her shadow and, worse, to snap at her friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WESPatricelli, Leslie
Summary: A funny tale of few words about a day at the park and a ride on Daddy's back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD PATNolan, Han
Summary: Last May, before Cait O'Doul died in a car crash involving the school's beloved football coach, she told Scottie a disturbing secret. When Scottie reveals this secret, half the town turned against her, certain that Scottie was lying to protect her sister and that Cait deliberately lost control of the car. Scottie isn't looking forward to starting senior year with her twin: she faces bullying...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC NOLVan Draanen, Wendelin.
Summary: When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC VANKenneally, Miranda.
Summary: To honor her dead boyfriend and cope with her grief and guilt, college student Annie trains for a marathon with athletic Jeremiah, who flirts with Annie on the trails and makes her feel alive and happy and guilty all at the same time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KENMaddox, Jake
Summary: Twelve-year-old Addison Jones would love to try out for the track team, and she knows that she is faster than the other girls, but her single mom is working two jobs and every day after school Addison has to take care of her little brother--without telling her mom Addison and her best friend, Sofia, work out a plan that will allow her to run, but soon the strain and guilt of lying to her mother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADO'Connor, Jane.
Summary: Feeling bad about last year's Field Day, in which her slow running cost the relay team a victory, Nancy, who enjoys using fancy words, finds herself facing another Field Day and another relay race with a mean classmate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2011
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE OCOKenneally, Miranda.
Summary: From the bestselling author of Catching Jordan comes a brand new contemporary YA you won't forget. The finish line is only the beginning... Annie hates running. No matter how far she jogs, she can't escape the guilt that if she hadn't broken up with Kyle, he might still be alive. So to honor his memory, she starts preparing for the marathon he intended to race. But the training is even more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Inc 2014
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Creech, Sharon.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CREHoena, B. A.
Summary: At his grandfather's farm, Toby joins his cousin and friends for nature runs in the woods, navigating their homemade obstacle course, but fears he may reinjure his ankle in the upcoming Wild Run. Includes discussion questions, notes about obstacle courses, and glossary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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Summary: Finkelhopper Frog's jogging style and wild jogging suit meet with criticism until he runs into Ruby Rabbit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tricycle Press 2003