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Macy, Sue

Trudy's Big Swim: How Gertrude Ederle Swam the English Channel and Took the World by Storm

40 pp. | Holiday | March, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-3665-1 $16.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-8234-3825-9

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Matt Collins. Macy and Collins assuredly capture twenty-year-old Gertrude Ederle's unique fortitude of August 6, 1926, when, after fourteen-plus hours, she achieved her goal of being the first woman to swim the English Channel. The book begins mid-swim, and Macy's immediate, involving text takes breaks only to supply essential backstory and scene-setting details. Collins's retro-flavored mixed-media art has a you-are-there, camera-like perspective. Timeline. Bib.

Reviewer: Nell Beram | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2017