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3) Sunny
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Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 3
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Sunny, the Defenders' best runner, only runs for his father, who blames Sunny for his mother's death, but with his coach's help Sunny finds a way to combine track and field with his true passion, dancing.
Pub. Date
©2008
Physical Desc
vii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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"Written by the American Sport Education Program in conjunction with Matt Lydum and other experts from Hershey's Track & Field Games and USA Track & Field (USATF), Coaching Youth Track & Field is the only resource available today aimed at coaches of athletes ages 14 and under." "Endorsed by USATF and named the official handbook of Hershey's Track & Field Games, Coaching Youth Track & Field offers instruction and skill-related activities for all events...
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Can't Nothing Bring Me Down is the memoir of 101-year-old, world-record-holding runner Ida Keeling. Miss Ida, as she's known throughout her Bronx community, isn't your typical runner. Her fierce independence helped her through the Depression and the Civil Rights movement. But her greatest trials were yet to come. Ida's two sons were brutally murdered. Justice was never found. Ida felt like she didn't have the strength to carry on and she couldn't...
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Jesse Owens' mother frequently told him, "Put your best foot forward." So Jesse followed her advice, worked hard, and made his dreams come true as one of the greatest Olympic champions of all time. But it wasn't easy, as Jesse had to overcome many obstacles. Even though World War II hadn't started yet, Adolf Hitler controlled Germany during the 1936 Olympics. He wanted to prove during the games that Germans were a superior "race" to other people of...
7) Patina
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Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 2
Description
"A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--
9) Ghost
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
Description
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....
10) Jesse Owens
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Meet Jesse Owens, an African American runner who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin! What made his achievement even more memorable was that Adolph Hitler expected the Olympic Games to be a German showcase. In fact, he criticized the United States for even including black athletes on its Olympic roster. According to many reports, after Owens won his fourth gold medal, Hitler stormed out of the stadium. In 1936 Jesse Owens took a stand...
11) Lu
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 4
Description
"Lu knows he can lead Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and the team to victory at the championships, but it might not be as easy as it seems. Suddenly, there are hurdles in Lu's way--literally and not-so-literally--and Lu needs to figure out, fast, what winning the gold really means"--
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Pub. Date
2017.
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"Bruce Jenner, the celebrated Olympic icon and later the patriarch of one of the most famous families in the world, seemed to be living a dream life of success, fame, and prosperity. But the all-American image and million-dollar smile belied a lifelong struggle with gender dysphoria, and it wasn't until the sensational Diane Sawyer interview that the public mask of Bruce Jenner was finally retired, and through the memorable Vanity Fair piece by Buzz...
13) Patina
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Fantasma. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Cuatro jóvenes de familias completamente diferentes, con personalidades que se vuelven explosivas al chocar. Pero son también cuatro jóvenes de secundaria que fueron escogidos para un equipo de élite de atletismo... un equipo que los podría ayudar a clasificarse para las Olimpiadas Juveniles. Todos tienen mucho que perder, pero también tienen mucho que demostrar, no solo a sus compañeros sino a sí mismos....
15) Fantasma
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Series
Track volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
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pages cm.
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Ghost, un corredor con talento natural y alborotador, es reclutado para un equipo de atletismo de élite de una escuela. Debe mantener el rumbo, literal y figurativamente, para alcanzar su máximo potencial.
"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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Hana-kimi volume 1
Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
180 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
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"Sano's little brother Shin returns! Shin has become a rising star of the high jump and he's determined to prove himself by beating his older brother. But that's not the only blood on the track ... the one coaching Shin is their father!"'-cover, p.4.
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Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
187 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm
Description
Shin, Izumi, and Kagurazuka compete against each other in the high jump. Then, Sekime gets some attention when he is seen with a strange girl. And, Nakatsu's mother shows up and sweeps the embarrassed teen off his feet.
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Series
Hana-kimi volume 1
Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
184 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm
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Nakatsu's mother informs him that she wants him to return home after graduation and take over the family business, and Nakatsu must decide if he is willing to give up his dream of becoming a soccer star in order to take care of his family.
19) The runner
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Reich returns to the world of international thrillers with a no-holds-barred powerhouse of a novel set against the seething backdrop of post--World War II Germany ... Set in Germany just after the WWII surrender, The Runner stars ace Nazi Olympic runner Erich Seyss, who as an SS man has performed untold atrocities--including the murder, in a massacre of unarmed American soldiers, of hero Devlin Judge's brother. That motivates Judge, a lawyer who is...
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"A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans....
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