Status
Available
Publication
Seattle, WA : Compendium, Inc., [2017]
Description
"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.
User reviews
LibraryThing member melodyreads
Great story - though it is hard to imagine that women were not believed to be ABLE to run marathons such a short time ago - 1966!
LibraryThing member MeaghanRyan
I really liked this book and I highly recommend it. The pictures in this book are beautiful, embodying the freedom of running and the magic it is for Bobbi. Words in the story get incorporated into water coloring, and several pages uses different fonts to convey feelings/ emotions of story. I think
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this would be a great way to teach about style or mood. My favorite part is that this book removes the boyfriend as a story in the character. I have read about Bobbi Gibb before, and it’s always a narrative that includes her boyfriend sneaking her in and somehow being part of the hero in the story. In The Girl Who Ran, it’s all about Bobbi. Show Less
Subjects
Awards
Independent Publisher Book Awards (Gold — Children's Picture Book — 2018)
CCBC Choices (2018)
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 (Selection — 2018)
Language
Physical description
39 p.; 28 cm
ISBN
9781943200474
Local notes
children's nonfiction