Children's Fiction Track & Field
Mud Run
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2011
- Category
- Track & Field
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552777428
- Publish Date
- Jan 2011
- List Price
- $8.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550287875
- Publish Date
- May 2003
- List Price
- $16.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550287868
- Publish Date
- May 2003
- List Price
- $8.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 9 to 13
- Grade: 4 to 8
- Reading age: 7 to 10
Description
When Matt is too late to register for his new school's hockey team, he decides to join the cross-country running club instead.
At first it's every one for themselves--no one runs with the pack, until finally a new coach demonstrates that tough competitors know the value of teamwork. When the championship finals arrive pouring rain makes the course a slippery mess, and forces the runners to make some hard choices.
Mud Run is a fast-paced, humorous story about team spirit and taking life one step at a time.
About the author
BILL SWAN has worked as a journalism teacher, editor and newspaper columnist. His first three novels, Fast Finish, Mud Run, and Off Track are highly recommended by CM Magazine: Canadian Review of Materials. Mud Run was nominated for a Manitoba Young Readers` Choice Award. He is also the author of Corner Kick. He lives in Courtice, Ontario with his wife and daughter.
Visit Bill Swan's Website
Awards
- Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award
Editorial Reviews
"From the first chapter it is obvious that this book moves beyond a simple retelling of a sports activity. It is about a real child, living in our real and complex world while participating in the sport of running."
Regina Leader-Post
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