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The girl who ran : Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon Cover Image Book

The girl who ran : Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon / written by Frances Poletti & Kristina Yee ; illustrated by Susanna Chapman.

Poletti, Frances, (author.). Yee, Kristina, (author.). Chapman, Susanna, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"In 1966, the world believed it was impossible for a woman to run the Boston Marathon. Bobbi Gibb was determined to prove them wrong. She said she would do it, she wasn't a liar; she'd show them by running like the wind in the fire"--Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781943200474
  • ISBN: 1943200475
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 28 x 24 cm
  • Publisher: Seattle, WA : Compendium, Inc., [2017]

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Target Audience Note:
600L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.7 0.5 190148.

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Subject:
Gibb, Roberta Louise, 1942- > Juvenile literature.
Boston Marathon > Juvenile literature.
Women runners > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Marathon races > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.

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  • 6 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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