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Bright Path: Young Jim Thorpe

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By Don Brown
Publisher Roaring Brook Press
Bright Path: Young Jim Thorpe
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Jim Thorpes childhood was a mix of hard work in the outdoors and a succession of militarystrict Indian Schools that relentlessly imposed white culture on Native American children. Then in 1907, wearing overalls and a work shirt, he effortlessly broke his school highjump recorda feat that launched a remarkable athletic career in track, football, and baseball, culminating at the 1912 Olympics, where Thorpe won the decathlon with a world record score that would stand for almost 20 years and the pentathlon with a points total that would never be beaten.

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1266 words1,266 words
40 pages40 pages
Lexile AD980LLexile AD980L
Published 2006Published 2006

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Hear it unfurl Hear it decathlon Hear it discus Hear it fleet Hear it vault Hear it pentathlon Hear it javelin Hear it quail Hear it rigid Hear it unbending Hear it snare Hear it dormitory Hear it glum Hear it feat Hear it hoarse Hear it dynamo Hear it guardhouse Hear it grueling Hear it nimble Hear it greyhound Hear it dank

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Hear it unfurl Hear it decathlon Hear it pentathlon Hear it javelin Hear it quail Hear it rigid Hear it unbending Hear it snare Hear it dormitory Hear it feat Hear it dynamo Hear it guardhouse Hear it grueling Hear it wayward Hear it nimble Hear it dank
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9781596430419

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