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Children's Fiction Track & Field

Mud Run

by (author) Bill Swan

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Jan 2011
Category
Track & Field
Recommended Age
9 to 13
Recommended Grade
4 to 8
Recommended Reading age
7 to 10
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781552777428
    Publish Date
    Jan 2011
    List Price
    $8.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781550287875
    Publish Date
    May 2003
    List Price
    $16.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550287868
    Publish Date
    May 2003
    List Price
    $8.95

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Description

When Matt is too late to register for his new school's hockey team, he decides to join the cross-country running club instead.

At first it's every one for themselves--no one runs with the pack, until finally a new coach demonstrates that tough competitors know the value of teamwork. When the championship finals arrive pouring rain makes the course a slippery mess, and forces the runners to make some hard choices.

Mud Run is a fast-paced, humorous story about team spirit and taking life one step at a time.

About the author

BILL SWAN has worked as a journalism teacher, editor and newspaper columnist. His first three novels, Fast Finish, Mud Run, and Off Track are highly recommended by CM Magazine: Canadian Review of Materials. Mud Run was nominated for a Manitoba Young Readers` Choice Award. He is also the author of Corner Kick. He lives in Courtice, Ontario with his wife and daughter.

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Awards

  • Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award

Editorial Reviews

"From the first chapter it is obvious that this book moves beyond a simple retelling of a sports activity. It is about a real child, living in our real and complex world while participating in the sport of running."

Regina Leader-Post

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