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Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Terry Fox
Author
Elizabeth MacLeodIllustrator
Mike Deas
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Meet Terry Fox, the young athlete with a vision that inspired people around the world.
Read Terry Fox’s remarkable story, just in time to mark the 40th anniversary of the Marathon of Hope!
Growing up, Terry Fox loved sports. Whether it was basketball, volleyball or track and field, he gave it his all. It was a terrible day when, at only 18, he was diagnosed with bone cancer. His right leg was amputated above the knee.
But Terry never gave up. He decided to run across Canada to raise awareness and money for cancer research. Terry trained hard and on April 12, 1980, he began the Marathon of Hope.
Then, 5373 kilometres into his run, Terry was forced to stop — but his incredible legacy was just beginning.
The Terry Fox Virtual Run is on September 20! Learn more at www.terryfox.org/run/
The award-winning Scholastic Canada Biography series highlights the lives of remarkable Canadians, whose achievements and legacies have inspired and changed the lives of those that followed them.
Read Terry Fox’s remarkable story, just in time to mark the 40th anniversary of the Marathon of Hope!
Growing up, Terry Fox loved sports. Whether it was basketball, volleyball or track and field, he gave it his all. It was a terrible day when, at only 18, he was diagnosed with bone cancer. His right leg was amputated above the knee.
But Terry never gave up. He decided to run across Canada to raise awareness and money for cancer research. Terry trained hard and on April 12, 1980, he began the Marathon of Hope.
Then, 5373 kilometres into his run, Terry was forced to stop — but his incredible legacy was just beginning.
The Terry Fox Virtual Run is on September 20! Learn more at www.terryfox.org/run/
The award-winning Scholastic Canada Biography series highlights the lives of remarkable Canadians, whose achievements and legacies have inspired and changed the lives of those that followed them.
About the Author
Elizabeth MacLeod and Frieda Wishinsky are the authors of more than 100 books of non-fiction and fiction for kids. They previously collaborated on A History of Just About Everything and they have won or been nominated for the Red Cedar Information Award, OLA Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award, Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award for Non-Fiction, and the Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award. Frieda and Elizabeth both live in Toronto, Ontario.
Product Details
ISBN
9781443182065
Language
EPages
32
Book Type
Picture BookFountas & Pinnell
R
DRA
40
Grades
1 - 5Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Series
Scholastic Canada BiographyCategory
Books
Book Club
Library Book