The girl who ran, Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, written by Frances Poletti & Kristina Yee ; illustrated by Susanna Chapman
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The girl who ran, Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, written by Frances Poletti & Kristina Yee ; illustrated by Susanna Chapman
Language
eng
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The girl who ran
Oclc number
986238065
Responsibility statement
written by Frances Poletti & Kristina Yee ; illustrated by Susanna Chapman
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, 3.7.
Sub title
Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon
Summary
"In 1966, the world believed it was impossible for a woman to run the Boston Marathon. Bobbi Gibb was determined to prove them wrong. She said she would do it, she wasn't a liar; she'd show them by running like the wind in the fire."--Back cover
Target audience
pre adolescent
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Subject
- Biographies
- Juvenile works
- Biography
- Women runners -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- SPORTS & RECREATION + Running & Jogging
- Marathon running -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980
- Boston Marathon
- Boston Marathon -- Juvenile literature
- Gibb, Roberta Louise, 1942- -- Juvenile literature
- Women runners -- United States -- Biography
- Marathon races -- Juvenile literature
- Women runners
- Marathon running
- United States
- Sex discrimination
- Gibb, Roberta Louise, 1942-
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- Subject17
- Biographies
- Juvenile works
- Biography
- Women runners -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- SPORTS & RECREATION + Running & Jogging
- Marathon running -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980
- Boston Marathon
- Boston Marathon -- Juvenile literature
- Gibb, Roberta Louise, 1942- -- Juvenile literature
- Women runners -- United States -- Biography
- Marathon races -- Juvenile literature
- Women runners
- Marathon running
- United States
- Sex discrimination
- Gibb, Roberta Louise, 1942-
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- Author2
- Illustrator1
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