Against All Odds Contributor(s): Stout, Glenn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0547887345 ISBN-13: 9780547887340 Publisher: Clarion Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2012 * Out of Print * Click for more in this series: Good Sports (Paperback) |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation - Juvenile Nonfiction | Boys & Men - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Basketball |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2012023942 |
Age Level: 10-12 |
Grade Level: 5-7 |
Lexile Measure: 1080 NC (Nonconforming Text) |
Series: Good Sports (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.1" W x 7.5" L (0.30 lbs) 144 pages |
Themes: - Seasonal - Fall - Topical - Real Life Heroes - Sex & Gender - Boy's Interest - Event - Fall - Topical - Boy's Interest |
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 154357 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos, Roy Reigels in the 1929 Rose Bowl, Frank Reich and the Buffalo Bills during the 1993 NFL playoffs, Tracy McGrady and the Houston Rockets in 2004, the entire St. Louis Cardinals team in the 2011 World Series . . . What do these players have in common? Every one of them was on the brink of a humiliating defeat. But at the moment when they could have called it quits, they didn't. These five real-life stories, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, will inspire readers young and old. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stout, Glenn: - GLENN STOUT is a freelance writer, author, and editorial consultant and has served as series editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception. He is the author of Young Woman and the Sea and Fenway 1912, and has collaborated with Richard Johnson on Red Sox Century, Yankees Century, The Cubs and The Dodgers. Stout has lived in and around Boston for 20 years, and currently lives in Vermont. |
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