Daughter of the light-footed people : the story of Indigenous marathon champion Lorena Ramírez
2024
Book
"From the copper canyons of Mexico her swift footsteps echo. Clip clap, clip clap. Experience a 60-mile run with Indigenous athlete Lorena Ramirez, who captured the world's attention when she won an ultramarathon in Mexico wearing a skirt and rubber sandals -- the traditional clothes of the Rarámuri, "the light-footed people.""-- Provided by publisher.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781665931427 (hardcover)
- 9781665931427
- 1665931426
Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly colour illustrations ; 21 x 25 cm
Target Audience Note: 004-008.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN: 2023005409
Control Number: 3315009
Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2024]Subjects:
- Alaska Natives -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Hawaiians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Marathon running -- Mexico -- Juvenile literature.
- Ramirez, Lorena, 1995- -- Juvenile literature.
- Runners (Sports) -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Women runners -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Other Authors: Castro, Natalia Rojas, illustrator.