The Running Dream
by Wendelin Van Draanen
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Sports
- Cultural Area
- Disability
Year Published 2011
Word Count 60,309
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 650L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 141591
- Curricular Area
- Physical Education
- Subject Headings
- Amputees
- Amputees--Fiction
- Schools
- Prosthesis
- Running--Fiction
- High schools--Fiction
- Running
- People with disabilities--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Health & Daily Living | Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
- Young Adult Fiction | Disabilities & Special Needs
- High schools
- Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Track & Field
- Schools--Fiction
- People with disabilities
- Prosthesis--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Choice Texts Gr. 8
- Teens with Special Needs
- HCS 6th Grade Book Club Suggestions
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 1
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Awards & Distinctions 1
Schneider Family Book Award, 2004-2019
Winner, 2012
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