Running for DaveRusty always felt second-best. He wasn't a winner on the track team or in the eyes of his parents. But when his best friend gets cancer, Rusty is given a challenge he just has to meet. Reading level: Grade 3.2 (Lexile 560) Interest level: Grades 6-10 HIP SR novels feature exciting, action-based stories and realistic teenage characters with authentic problems and issues. Geared to reluctant adolescent and teen readers. |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 10 |
Section 3 | 19 |
Section 4 | 20 |
Section 5 | 29 |
Section 6 | 31 |
Section 7 | 37 |
Section 8 | 49 |
Section 10 | 59 |
Section 11 | 69 |
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Section 9 | 51 |
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Running for Dave Lori Jamison,Paul Kropp,Robert Corrigan,Catherine Doherty No preview available - 2007 |
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