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Item Nr: KM 12140 Title: Flo Jo: The Story of Florence Griffith Joyner "Start-to-Finish" 5 Books
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Venable, Alan
Length: 100 Prod/Pub: Don Johnston
Copyright: 1999 Series:
Book Type: N Biographee: Griffith Joyner, Florence Delorez
Copies: 1 Loan Period: 10 days
 
  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.

  Subjects:
  791 - AFRICAN AMERICANS
  135 - ATHLETES
  204 - BIOGRAPHY
  1727 - BIOGRAPHY--SPORTS
  1180 - BIOGRAPHY--WOMEN
  1600 - BOOK/BOOKS (IN KIT)
  1298 - HIGH INTEREST/LOW VOCABULARY
  1675 - LEXILE 500-599
  47 - MULTIPLE COPIES (5, 6, 7)
  824 - OLYMPIC GAMES/OLYMPICS
  920 - READING--REMEDIAL TEACHING/INTERVENTION
  2024 - SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES/SIG DIS
  1024 - SPECIAL EDUCATION
  2023 - START TO FINISH
  1076 - TRACK ATHLETICS