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Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
199 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ever since her dad died, 11-year-old Jerry Blum and her mom have bounced around dead-end towns, staying in a series of rundown motels where her mother picks up housekeeping work and Jerry can get around in her wheelchair. But the Slumbering Giant motel is different. Lights blink on and off in the surrounding trees, a mysterious radio station plays only at midnight, and people disappear into the woods, never to been seen again. Not to mention that...
Author
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
ix, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The United States' most decorated winter Paralympic or Olympic athlete tells how she overcame Chernobyl disaster-caused physical challenges through sheer determination and a drive to succeed to win the world's best in elite rowing, biathlon, cross-countryskiing, and road cycling competitions.
Oksana was born in Ukraine-- in the shadow of Chernobyl. She was born with one kidney, a partial stomach, six toes on each foot, webbed fingers, no right bicep,...
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