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Mighty Moe: the true story of a thirteen-year-old women's running revolutionary
By Rachel Swaby. 2019
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Sports fictionSports and games, Sports biography
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In 1967, a thirteen-year-old girl named Maureen Wilton set the women's world marathon record, running 26.2 miles in 3:15:23. Nicknamed…
"Little Mo" by her track teammates, Wilton was already a headline-making athlete. But her accomplishment was greeted with controversy and misogynistic accusations of cheating. Wilton receded into the background, left the sport, and kept her achievement secret. This is the story of what happened and how Maureen found her way back to the sport decades later as the mother of a young runner herselfSuper Oscar
By Mark Shulman, Andrea Montejo, Lisa Kopelke, Oscar de la Hoya. 2006
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Sports fiction, General fiction, Humourous fictionSports and games, Sports biography, Fitness
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El Joven Oscar de la Hoya aprende que no puede sonar todo el tiempo. Young Oscar de la Hoya learns that he cannot daydream all the time. For grades K-3
Just call me Joe Joe (Joe Joe in the City Ser.)
By Nicole Tadgell, Jean Alicia Elster. 2001
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General fiction, Sports fictionSports biography
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Reading a library book about the old Negro Baseball Leagues and the talented men who played in them gives Joe…
Joe the strength and self-esteem to do something difficult. For grades 4-7. 2001A journey: the autobiography of Apolo Anton Ohno
By Nancy Ann Richardson, Apolo Anton Ohno, Nancy Richardson. 2002
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A Japanese American short track ice skater, who won both a silver and gold medal in the 2002 Salt Lake…
City Olympics at age nineteen, presents an account of his life and career. Ohno describes his upbringing and training, his injuries and illnesses, and his later success. For senior high and older readers. 2002