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  • Lone Runner (Lorimer Sports Stories)

Lone Runner
(Lorimer Sports Stories)

Author
Publication Date
August 20, 2021
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
Lone Runner (Lorimer Sports Stories)
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Description
Set in a diverse neighborhood, this book follows Michaela as she goes from a solitary runner to an athlete who contributes to the success of her cross-country team. Discouraged by an incident at her mostly-white summer camp, Michaela comes into her own as part of her racially diverse school track team. Focusing on themes of persistence, friendship and overcoming rivalries, this book illuminates traits of connection, empathy and forgiveness.
Publication date
August 20, 2021
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781459415942
Lexile Measure
620
Publisher
Lorimer Children & Teens
Series
Lorimer Sports Stories
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV039120 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
JUV032210 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Track & Field
Dirk McLean

DIRK McLEAN is the author of children's picture books, the Sports Stories novel Not Out, and Team Fugee and Tournament Fugee in Lorimer's Soccer United: Team Refugee series. He has also written radio drama and stage plays that have toured southern Ontario elementary schools. Dirk was born in Trinidad & Tobago and now lives and works in Toronto.

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