Sydelle Kramer
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Whose hands were so big he held the basketball like a grapefruit? Which center singlehandedly changed the way defense was played? From Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, young hoops fans can read about eleven legendary players in this exciting look at basketball's greatest slam-dunking, hoop-hanging superstars.
7) Hoop stars
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Describes the lives of noted basketball players David Robinson, Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Shaquille O'Neal.
11) Ice stars
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English
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Presents brief sketches of four top women figure skaters: Kristi Yamaguchi, Nancy Kerrigan, Oksana Baiul, and Michelle Kwan.
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Español
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Find out about the real Ferdinand Magellan in this fun-to-read biography about the poor boy who grew up to be a bold explorer who set out to circle the globe.
La vida del explorador Fernando de Magallanes, que fue de una niñez pobre a ser un explorador audaz que se lanzó a darle la vuelta al mundo.
15) Hoop heroes
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Presents the lives, playing statistics, and basketball careers of Patrick Ewing, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, and Stephen Marbury.
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An account of Alaska's grueling, 1200-mile Iditarod dog sled race, recently won by a woman for the first time. Chronicles how Libby Riddles and her team of dogs won the world's longest and toughest dogsled race, the Iditarod, despite dangerous conditions--hungry wolves, killer moose, and frigid temperatures. Original.