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When Florence Griffith was five years old, she raced against the jackrabbits in the desert. By the time she was 20, she was one of the fastest runners in America. Then, something seemed to go wrong. Florence did not win an Olympic gold medial in 1980 or 1984, but she became the fastest woman in the world at the Olympics in 1988. Kit contains five copies of the book from the Start-to-Finish series Overcoming the Odds: Sports Biographies. Gold Level (RL 2-3) Publisher GR level L. Lexile 540. IL 6-12. Reference KM 8816 for more instructional tools to support this kit in your classroom. | |