Running Girl: The Diary of Ebonee Rose
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ISBN: 0152006745 / Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October 1997
A young girl writes in her diary about her concerns and hopes, along with thoughts of her heroes, in the two weeks before the All-City Track Meet, where she will be competing in four events.
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It is two weeks before the All-City Track Meet, and eleven-year-old Ebonee Rose is entered in four events. She puts in long hours of practice and collects her thoughts, dreams, and fears within the pages of her diary while counting the days until the meet. Ebonee Rose is nervous, but she remembers the words and deeds of her heroes, great women runners-Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence Griffith Joyner, Wilma Rudolph, and others. As the day of the meet nears, Ebonee Rose faces her worries and discovers the rewards of friendship.
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