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-- Wilma Rudolphc2010., Primary, Enslow Elementary Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Amazing AmericansSummary Note: An entry-level biography that describes how Wilma Rudolph overcame childhood polio and competed in the Olympics.
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2019., Pegasus Books Call No: HI-INT 796.42 BLO Edition: First Pegasus Books edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2021., Juvenile, Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: Biography JOYNER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A chapter book biography of Florence Griffith Joyner, part of the She Persisted series"--
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c1989., Juvenile, Lerner Publications Co. Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography emphasizing the running career of the Olympic gold medalist who set new records in the 1988 Games in Seoul.
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[2016]., Juvenile, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: Blue Fiction REYNOLDS Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Aspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.
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[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: SPORTS F REY Edition: First Edition. Availability:6 of 6 At Location(s) Series Title: Track Volume: 1Summary Note: Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team -- a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. Ghost has a crazy natural talent, but no formal training. If he can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons -- it all starting with running away from his father, who, when Ghost was a very little boy, chased him and his mother through their apartment, then down the street, with a loaded gun, aiming to kill. Since then, Ghost has been the one causing problems -- and running away from them -- until he meets Coach, an ex-Olympic Medalist who blew his own shot at success by using drugs, and who is determined to keep other kids from blowing their shots at life.
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[2016]., Juvenile, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC REYNOLDS Edition: First edition. Availability:4 of 6 At Location(s) Series Title: Track Volume: Book 1Summary Note: "Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"
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[2020]., Primary, Akashic Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Text and illustrations look at the life of six-time Jamaican track and field sprinter, Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce.
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-- Jackrabbit McCabe and the electric telegraph2015., Primary, Schwartz & Wade Books Call No: E ROZ Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jackrabbit McCabe's unusually long legs have made him the fastest thing around, and he uses his speed for everything from racing against horses to fetching the doctor, but when the electric telegraph arrives in Windy Flats, Jackrabbit may have met his match.
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-- Jackrabbit McCabe and the electric telegraph2015., Schwartz & Wade Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jackrabbit McCabe's unusually long legs have made him the fastest thing around, and he uses his speed for everything from racing against horses to fetching the doctor, but when the electric telegraph arrives in Windy Flats, Jackrabbit may have met his match.
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By Shyne, Kevinc1982., J. Messner Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of the skydiver whose brief career with the Army Golden Knights ended when his parachutes failed to open and he slammed into the ground at eighty-five miles per hour.
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2000., The Millbrook Press, Inc. Call No: 796.42 Rut Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Marion Jones is an expert on the highs and lows of life, both in and out of sports. She overcame personal heartache and defied injuries, the experts, and the odds in her quest to be the best...and ended up being a champion in two sports.
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By Tanser, Tobyc2008., Westholme Roundhouse [distributor] Call No: 796.42 TAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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c1998., Free Press Call No: Sports Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Leslie Heywood discusses how her athletic career almost killed her and offers suggestions on how to make athletics safer for women today than it was when she was younger.
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-- Battle to break the 4 minute mile2022., Adolescent, Scholastic Focus Call No: HI-INT 920 BAS Edition: First Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier: Roger Bannister was a young English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur; John Landy the privileged son of a genteel Australian family; and Wes Santee the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and natural athlete.Spanning three continents and defying the odds, these athletes' collective quest captivated the world. Neal Bascomb's bestselling adult account adapted for young readers delivers a breathtaking story of unlikely heroes and leaves us with a lasting portrait of the twilight years of the golden age of sport"--Provided by publisher.
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2022., Adolescent, Scholastic Focus Call No: BIOGRAPHY NF BAS Edition: 1st Ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Looks at how Roger Bannister, John Landy, and Wes Santee sought to run a mile under four minutes.
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c2002., Tundra Books ; Tundra Books of Northern New York Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Introduces the life of Canadian Olympian, Ray Lewis, who overcame a poor childhood and a legacy of slavery to become the first Canadian-born black man named to the Canadian track-and-field team.
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2020., Juvenile, Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: SPORTS AND HEALTH ADL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Penguin young readers.Summary Note: "Mo Jackson and his friends are competing in a track meet! Can Mo run fast enough to win the race?"--Back cover.
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2005, c1985., Simon Pulse Call No: Realistic FIC Voigt Edition: 1st Simon Pulse ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: As a dedicated runner, a teenage boy has always managed to distance himself from other people until the experience of coaching one of his teammates on the track team gradually helps him see the value of giving and receiving.
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[2012], Juvenile, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Edition: Atheneum Books for Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: The Tillerman series Volume: bk. 4Summary Note: As a dedicated runner, a teenage boy has always managed to distance himself from other people until the experience of coaching one of his teammates on the track team gradually helps him see the value of giving and receiving.