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2) Ghost
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"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"--
4) Running for my life: one Lost Boy's journey from the killing fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is a story about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. Lomong chronicles his inspiring ascent from a barefoot lost boy of the Sudanese Civil War to a Nike sponsored athlete on the US Olympic Team. He shares his commitment to keep moving forward and find God in each step.
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A survey of the highlights and legendary athletes--such as Jamaican Usain Bolt--of the Olympic sport of track and field, which has been part of the modern Summer Games since 1896" -Provided by Publisher.
Highlights track and field athletes who have competed in summer Olympics.
7) Usain Bolt
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Meet Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt! Bolt's life story is examined from his childhood in Jamaica where he began sprinting in high school, to gold medal at the World Junior Championships. Learn about Bolt's Olympic career in the Athens, Beijing, London, and Rio de Janeiro games throughout which he won nine gold medals. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO....
Author
Publisher
Soulstice Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Joe I. Vigil--known simply as "Coach" to virtually everybody he has ever met--rose from poverty to become a towering figure in the running world. Coach has won 19 national championships and coached 425 All-Americans, 22 Olympians...and an army of "Vigilantes" who seek to emulate his unique blend of compassion, competitive spirit, and commitment to others. In this long-overdue biography about America's preeminent distance-running coach, author...
14) Line Up
Author
Series
Publisher
Saddleback Educational Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When his friend, Tyrese, demands Daniel borrow his grandfather's gun, Daniel struggles between right and wrong.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A cross between Once a Runner and Chariots of Fire, the heartbreaking story of the man known as "The Ghost Runner." The mystery man threw off his disguise and started to run. Furious stewards gave chase. The crowd roared. A legend was born. Soon the world would know him as "the ghost runner," John Tarrant, the extraordinary man whom nobody could stop. As a hapless teenage boxer in the 1950s, he'd been paid £17 expenses. When he wanted to run,...
Author
Publisher
12 Story Library
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Track stars are known as the fastest humans on earth and the greatest athletes alive. With engaging text and colorful photos, this book celebrates the sport's most exciting names, events, and facts.
17) Track and field
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Publisher
Sport Videos
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"This program takes viewers step by step through the individual components of each jumping event. Coach Rod Tiffin provides numerous training exercises and practice drills for the four jumping events: pole vault, high jump, long jump and triple jump. The coach also provides a detailed chapter covering plyometric exercises designed to develop explosive power."--Container.
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