The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, the First Women to Run the Boston Marathon
by Frances Poletti , Susanna Chapman, and Kristina Yee
The first time Bobbi Gibb watches as hundreds of runners stream along the streets... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Sports
- Cultural Area
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2017
Word Count 850
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 600L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 190148
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Physical Education
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Boston Marathon--Juvenile literature
- Women runners--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Massachusetts
- Boston
- Marathon races--Juvenile literature
- Gibb, Roberta Louise
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Sports & Recreation
- Women runners
- Gibb, Roberta Louise, 1942---Juvenile literature
- United States
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Marathon running
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