Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon
Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon
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Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon

Written and illustrated by Meghan McCarthy
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4 - 8
Reading age
48
Page count
39
Words per page
760L
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Mar 1, 2016
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From Megan McCarthy the award-winning author of Pop! and Earmuffs for Everyone comes the quirky, fascinating, and inspiring story of perseverance and the importance of sportsmanship set at the 1904 St. Louis Olympic Marathon. It was 1904 and St. Louis was proud to host the World’s Fair and America’s First Olympics. Hundreds of thousands of people came by car, by train, by boat. Part of the Olympics was a wild, wacky marathon. Forty-two racers registered, thirty-two showed up, and of the three racers vying for the finish line: on drove part way, one was helped by his trainers over the line, and one was a postman who travelled from Cuba and ran in street clothes that he cut off to look like shorts. How they ran and who won is a story of twists and turns that only wouldn’t be believed if it weren’t true! And it is! Find out who won in this wacky and well-researched picture book all about the historic Olympic Marathon of 1904.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781481406390
    Publication Date
    March 1, 2016
    Publisher
    Simon and Schuster-Paula Wiseman Books
    Page Count
    48
    Words Per Page
    39
    Reading Age
    4 - 8 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2015004822
    Lexile® Level
    760L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~R
    ATOS® Book Level
    4.6
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    0.5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    181797
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    LG

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