The fastest boy in the world / Elizabeth Laird ; illustrated by Peter Bailey.

By:

Laird, Elizabeth [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Macmillan Children's Books, 2014Description: 163, 4 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781447267171

Subject(s):

Ethiopia -- Juvenile fiction

Genre/Form:

Children's stories.

DDC classification:

823.914

LOC classification:

PZ7.L1579 Fa 2014

Contents:

Summary: The great athletes of the Ethiopian national team are his heroes and he dreams that one day he will be a gold-medal-winning athlete like them, in spite of his ragged shorts and bare feet. When his grandfather announces that he's going to take Solomon to Addis Ababa, Solomon cannot believe his ears. A trip to the capital? It's unfathomable. Solomon's joy is increased when he realizes that the Ethiopian running team will be doing a victory parade through the city that day.

Item type:

Books

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Footprints International School Library Network Toul Kork Campus TK Primary Library Room(4th Floor), Bookcase 5&6, Shelves 33-56, Orange Books	Juvenile Fiction	LAI 823.914 PZ7.L1579 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	2023-0070

The great athletes of the Ethiopian national team are his heroes and he dreams that one day he will be a gold-medal-winning athlete like them, in spite of his ragged shorts and bare feet. When his grandfather announces that he's going to take Solomon to Addis Ababa, Solomon cannot believe his ears. A trip to the capital? It's unfathomable. Solomon's joy is increased when he realizes that the Ethiopian running team will be doing a victory parade through the city that day.

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