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What Are the Paralympic Games?

Contributor(s): Herman, Gail (Author), Who Hq (Author), Thomson, Andrew (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9781524792626

Publisher: Penguin Workshop

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Pub Date: March 17, 2020

Dewey: 796.0456

LCCN: 2019034728

Lexile Code: 0810

Features: Bibliography, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 08 to 12

Physical Info: 0.40" H x 7.40" L x 5.30" W ( 0.30 lbs) 112 pages

Series: What Was?

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Quiz #:0000509289 ( What Are the Paralympic Games?)

Reading level: 5.50

Interest level: MG

Point value: 1.0

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Description: "As the Opening Ceremony for the 1948 Summer Olympic Games commenced in London, a similar sporting competition was taking place a few miles away. But the men at Stoke Mandeville weren't your typical athletes. They were paralyzed World War II veterans. The games at Stoke Mandeville were so successful that they would eventually lead evolve into the Paralympics. Participants from all around the world vie for the gold medal in a variety of sports, including archery, basketball, swimming, speed skating, and ice hockey. Author Gail Herman highlights their achievements, describes how these athletes train--both mentally and physically--for the games, and gives the reader a better understanding of what makes the Paralympic Games one of the world's most viewed sporting events"--

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