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Kid Athletes: True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends
Hardcover
Series: Kid Legends, Book 2
BiographyGeneral Juvenile NonfictionSports & Recreation
Publisher Price: $14.99
ISBN13: 9781594748028
Publisher: Quirk Books
Published: Nov 17 2015
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Baseball legend
- Baseball legend Babe Ruth was such a troublemaker, his family sent him to reform school.
- Race car champion Danica Patrick fended off bullies who told her girls can't drive.
- And football superstar Peyton Manning was forced to dance the tango in his school play.
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