| Description |
xi, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Indexed In: |
School Library Journal, August 2015 |
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Booklist starred, June 2015 |
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Library Media Connection starred, February 2016 |
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Horn Book, April 2016 |
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Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2015 |
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Kirkus Review, July 2015 |
| Summary |
"Out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the astonishing tale of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics showed the world what true grit really meant. With rowers who were the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington's eight-oar crew was never expected to defeat the elite East Coast teams, yet they did, going on to shock the world by challenging the German boat rowing for Adolf Hitler"--Amazon.com. |
| Audience |
5-8 Follett School Solutions. |
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1000 Lexile. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG RL 6.9 9.0 176197. |
| Subject |
University of Washington -- Rowing -- History.
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Rowing -- United States -- History.
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Rowers -- Biography.
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Olympic games, 1936 (Berlin, Germany)
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| Added Author |
Adaptation of: Brown, Daniel, 1951-
Boys in the boat.
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| ISBN |
9780451475923 |
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