Hurdles in the Dark My Story of Survival, Resilience, and Triumph
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Altersempfehlung
14 - 18 Jahr(e)
Erscheinungsdatum
28.05.2024
Verlag
Roaring Brook PressSeitenzahl
320
Maße (L/B/H)
23.2/15.7/3 cm
Gewicht
480 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-250-84785-0
Educated meets Athlete A in this YA memoir about survival and strength by Elvira Gonzalez, a Mexican-American track star who found freedom from poverty and violence by becoming one of the top U.S. athletes.
> After Elvira's released from juvie, she's resolved to never go back. That's when her unexpected salvation arrives in the form of 33-inch-high plastic hurdles. Determined to win a track scholarship out of Laredo, Elvira begins breaking into the school, alone, at 5:30 in the morning to practice hurdling. Soon, she catches the attention of a renowned high school coach, an adult man in his 30s. As they train, their coach-student relationship begins to change, becoming sexual. At just seventeen years old, Elvira experiences the dangers many young athletes face, especially those who are marginalized. In spite of these towering obstacles, Elvira eventually propels herself to become one of the top ranked hurdlers in the USA and the first in her family to go to college.
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