America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
by David A Adler (Author) Terry Widener (Illustrator)
Trudy Ederle loved to swim, and she was determined to be the best. At seventeen Trudy won three medals at the 1924 Olympics in Paris. But what she planned to do next had never been done by a woman: She would swim across the English Channel in fourteen hours and set a world record.
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Publishers Weekly
Text and art offer a compelling, in-depth account of the adult Ederle's crossing of the English Channel. Kids will dive right in.
Review quotes
"Captures the highlights of Ederle's life in evocative images and telling details."—The New York Times Book Review
David A Adler
DAVID A. ADLER lives in New York. TERRY WIDENER lives in Texas.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780152052515
Lexile Measure
800
Guided Reading Level
12
Publisher
Clarion Books
Publication date
June 20, 2005
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF007100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Sports & Recreation
JNF054150 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Water Sports
JNF054150 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Water Sports
Library of Congress categories
United States
Women
Swimmers
Ederle, Gertrude
Women swimmers
Women
Swimmers
Ederle, Gertrude
Women swimmers
