The Horn Book Guide

SPORTS

Gutman, Bill

Dan O'Brien

48 pp. | Raintree | January, 1998 | Library ISBN 0-8172-4129-9

(3) 4-6 Overcoming the Odds series. These biographies profile six athletes who successfully battled adversity, including attention defict disorder, a hunting accident, and cancer. Illustrated with black-and-white and color photos, these brief books clearly convey the physical and emotional obstacles each indifidual had to conquer and the life lessons they learned fromtheir ordeals. The books contain a "career highlights" time line and a list of stats. Bib., ind.

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