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Participating in sports can be fun-- and they can present challenges. Meet some athletes who had to face physical impairments, discrimination because of the color of their skin, or devastating injuries or disease. These real heroes of sports proved the disbelievers wrong.
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When Wilma Rudolph was a child, she couldn't walk, yet she overcame the odds to win three gold medals as an Olympic Sprinter in 1960, inspiring wonder. Young readers will delight in reading about Rudolph and athletes like her in Real Heroes of Sport: Heroic Comebacks.
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"Basketball fans love to cheer for the underdog, and every season they get reminded that anything can happen in pro basketball. An undrafted player can become and All-Star. A franchise known as a perennial loser can rise up and win the NBA championship. This book presents thrilling tales of players and teams who have shocked the basketball world."--
13) Jonathan Toews
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"Details the life and career of hockey superstar Jonathan Toews"--
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"Peyton Manning's pursuit of Brett Favre's record for career passing yards fascinated football fans, as did Tom Brady's effort to surpass Manning's mark for touchdowns thrown in a single season. Get more of those stories and other tales of pro football's greatest records and the players who have held, chased, and broken them"--