Tenacious: Fifteen Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes

by Patty Cisneros Prevo (Author) Dion Mbd (Illustrator)

Tenacious: Fifteen Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade

Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Meet fifteen remarkable athletes who use adaptive equipment in this beautiful and truth-telling picture book.

A downhill skier whose blindness has sharpened her communication skills. An adaptive surfer who shreds waves while sitting down. A young man who excels at wheelchair motocross--but struggles with math. Tenacious tells their stories and more, revealing the daily joys and challenges of life as an athlete with disabilities. These competitors have won gold medals, set world records, climbed mountain peaks, claimed national championships, and many more extraordinary achievements. Get to know them in Tenacious!

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Hardcover
$20.95

Kirkus

An eclectic, encouraging lineup.

Review quotes

"This is precisely the book I dreamed of growing up as a young girl with a disability. It shows what is possible to achieve and acknowledges the very real hard points, while fostering and supporting healthy, positive disability identity development." — Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt, Paralympic medalist and disability activist

 

Patty Cisneros Prevo

Patty Cisneros Prevo is a first-generation Latina, writer, two-time Paralympic gold medalist, and proud mom and partner. She also works as the University of Wisconsin Health Program Manager of DEI. Her manuscript for Tenacious won the 2018 Lee & Low New Voices Award Honor and marks her debut as an author. Learn more about her at pattycisnerosprevo.com.

Dion MBD or Dionisius Mehaga Bangun Djayasaputra, is an Indonesian illustrator and designer who lives and works between Brooklyn and Bandung. Dion received his Illustration BFA from Ringling College of Art Design in Florida where he grew his fascinations with clouds. Check out his website to learn more about him at dionmbd.com.

Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781643790985
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Publication date
June 27, 2023
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF002000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers
JNF053180 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Special Needs
JNF007100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Sports & Recreation
Library of Congress categories
Paralympics
Sports for people with disabilities
Junior Library Guild
Gold Standard Selection

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