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Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
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Chronicles the life and career of the first American woman to win three gold medals at the Olympic Games, and highlights her efforts with Operation Champ and the Wilma Rudolph Foundation to provide sports training to underprivileged youth.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Wilma was born into a family with 22 brothers and sisters, in the segregated South. She contracted polio in her early years and her doctors said she would never walk again. But Wilma persisted with treatment, and she recovered her strength by the age of 12. At school, Wilma showed a talent for basketball and sprinting, earning the nickname "Skeeter" (mosquito) as she ran so fast. Wilma was in college when she went to the 1960 Olympics. She not only...
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Language
English
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"When Alexi Pappas was four years old, her mother committed suicide, drastically altering the course of Pappas's life and setting her on a perpetual search for female role models. When her father started signing her up for sports teams as a way to keep his bereaved daughter busy, female athletes became some of the first women Pappas looked up to, and she became a girl with a goal: to be an Olympian. Despite setbacks and hardships, Pappas held fast...
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
An inspiring story of the first American female athlete to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games shares her triumphs over childhood illnesses to become an outstanding basketball player in high school and continue on to compete in the Olympics. Original.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kathrine Switzer changed the world of running. This narrative biography follows Kathrine from running laps as a girl in her backyard to becoming the first woman to run the Boston Marathon with official race numbers in 1967.--Goodreads.com
10) Wilma Rudolph
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Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Profiles Wilma Rudolph, who overcame childhood polio to become an Olympic medal-winning runner.
13) Marion Jones
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Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Photographs and text provide information about the life and career of Olympic runner Marion Jones. Includes a timeline, glossary, and index.
14) Wilma Rudolph
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Wilma Rudolph, an Olympic runner, who overcame childhood illnesses to become the first American to win three gold medals in the Olympics.
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