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Trudy's Big Swim: How Gertrude Ederle Swam the English Channel and Took the World by Storm
by Sue Macy (Author), Matt Collins (Illustrator)★★★★★
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On the morning of August 6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle stood in her bathing suit on the beach at Cape Gris-Nez, France, and faced the churning waves of the English Channel. Twenty-one miles across the perilous waterway, the English coastline beckoned. Lyrical text, stunning illustrations and fascinating back matter put the reader right alongside Ederle in her bid to be the first woman to swim the Channel—and contextualizes her record-smashing victory as a defining moment in sports history. Time line, bibliography, source notes. Read more
Product Information
| Publisher | Holiday House |
| Publication date | Feb. 12 2019 |
| Edition | Illustrated |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 40 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 082344189X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0823441891 |
| Item weight | 1.05 kg |
| Reading age | 6 - 9 years |
| Dimensions | 22.61 x 0.3 x 27.89 cm |
| Grade level | 1 - 4 |
| Lexile measure | AD980L |
| Best Sellers Rank | #664,860 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #160 in Children's Books on Water Sports #725 in Biographies of Women for Children #743 in Sports & Recreation Biographies for Children |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 25 ratings |