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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Dixie comes to watch Emma's big relay race at school and is disappointed when Emma tells her she has to sit and cheer and can't race with her, but when Emma trips and falls before the finish line, Dixie must decide if she obeys and sits or runs to help her best friend.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
It is track season and seventh-grader Marcus is struggling at the 400 meter distance and upset that his best friend Torry jokes about his slow times--so he is determined to build up enough strength to earn a place on the 4x400 meter relay at the upcoming track and field meet.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Hare is the fastest on the farm. Tortoise is as slow as they go. So when they decide to have a race, Hare is certain to win... isn't he? Alison Murray offers an enchanting retelling of a much-loved Aesop's fable with a mischievous twist full of fun and stylish charm."--
Author
Series
Boris (Andrew Joyner) volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
School field day is coming up and Boris and his friends are practicing hard because they are determined not to let Eddie win again, but on race day Boris is forced to choose between winning and friendship.
Author
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Best friends Olivia and Jessica are good runners, but Olivia is uncomfortable with competition, so when her friend talks her into joining the track team and Olivia is assigned to a long distance race, she is suddenly overcome by a fear of failure.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Sixteen-year-old Leo Coughlin's life is increasingly stressful because his autistic older brother Caleb's behavior is becoming more bizarre and even violent, and their parents' marriage is falling apart--but Leo finds an escape in long distance running, and in two new friends: Curtis, himself a potential state champion who teaches him the strategy of running, and Mary, his would-be girlfriend.
8) Second shot
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When fourteen-year-old Leggie LaGrande, star runner on the Bricklin Middle School track team, suffers a hamstring injury at the very start of the season, he figures his shot at the Junior Olympics is over--but his coach insists that even if he cannot run he can still compete in some other track and field event, so he finds himself working out at the shot put, competing with a new student whom he dislikes.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The Junior Great North Run is coming soon to Newcastle Upon Tyne and Liam needs to train. But his elderly neighbor, Harry, needs a hand moving and Liam is asked to help. Little does he know that Harry ran in the Great Run as a young lad and has a very interesting story to tell!
11) Go! Go! Dino!
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"It's an exciting day when a group of dinosaurs [decides] to race--but which dinosaur will come in first place?"--
Author
Series
Myth-o-mania volume 8
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In this modern version of Greek mythology, Hades, King of the Underworld, tells the true story of Atalanta, the foot race, and the golden apples.
13) I am darn tough
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
A story to show how to keep going even when something is difficult. Girls (and boys!) can become stronger and more resilient simply by realizing how strong and resilient they already are, and running provides a pathway to that realization.
15) Quiver
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When her father commands that she produce an heir, the huntress Atalanta gives her suitors a seemingly impossible task in order to uphold her pledge of chastity, as the gods of ancient Greece look on.
16) The big race
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"It's race day and all the other animals are FASTER, BIGGER and STRONGER than little Aardvark. But she's determined to join in and have fun"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Barbara Hendricks, a tortoise, has entered a road race, but what was she thinking? With only a week to go before the big day, she worries that she doesn’t stand a chance against the other animals competing. Barbara’s friend and owner, Lorraine, inspires her to train a little bit more each day and coaxes her out of her shell when the race day arrives. How intimidating to line up next to the slow loris, the snail, the sloth, and the walrus! But...
18) Team Steve
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
It's Steve for the win - again! It's time for the annual Race-a-thon, and Steve the horse is excited! After all, he's got the longest legs in the forest. No wonder he always wins! But Steve soon finds out that the rules have changed. This year, the Race-a-thon is going to be a relay, with runners competing in teams. And who's been put on Steve's team? Turtle, Duck and Snail. Is it possible that Steve could lose the Race-a-thon for the first time ever?...
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