cross-country running

While at summer camp, Domingo and Carmen Rivera are excited for the big Camp Rivals Race, an annual cross-country running competition. But during the boy's race, one runner trips and knocks over several competitors. Then another runner interferes with Domingo and keeps him from finishing in a higher spot. What's going on? Are the boys conspiring against Domingo and the other runners from his camp? And what will happen to Carmen and the girls during their race? Follow Domingo and Carmen as they track down the clues to reveal the truth about the rival runners' plans in this Jake Maddox JV Mystery.

Eighth-grader Somali American Nimo Mohamed is the youngest runner on the varsity cross-country team, but she is determined to keep up with the older girls, so she has set herself a grueling training schedule; too grueling because her body is exhausted, her grades at school are slipping, and her father, who is still very much in her life despite the divorce, is starting the pressure her to quit the team.

Eighth-grader Somali American Nimo Mohamed is the youngest runner on the varsity cross-country team, but she is determined to keep up with the older girls, so she has set herself a grueling training schedule; too grueling because her body is exhausted, her grades at school are slipping, and her father, who is still very much in her life despite the divorce, is starting to pressure her to quit the team.

Eighth-grader Somali American Nimo Mohamed is the youngest runner on the varsity cross-country team, but she is determined to keep up with the older girls, so she has set herself a grueling training schedule; too grueling because her body is exhausted, her grades at school are slipping, and her father, who is still very much in her life despite the divorce, is starting to pressure her to quit the team.

Running to Glory, by veteran journalist Sam McManis, follows the cross country team from Eisenhower High in Yakima, Washington, through a tumultuous and challenging season with excitement, suspense and pathos. The runners from Eisenhower High School had every possible justification to fail; they were poor, with little time to devote to their passion, and they had problems at home and distractions that would test even Job. Yet they gave their quest for the Washington State cross country championship everything they had.

When Alvin's twin sister, Yasmin, lands the lead role in their middle school play, Alvin is faced with the need to find something to do after school while she is rehearsing, so he takes up cross-country running (it is either that or doing homework in the library)--he has always been a fast runner, but he soon learns that distance running is more about patience and pacing than pure speed and staying in the lead, and he will have to adapt or be left behind.

". . . [A] history of cross country running, from the early 1800s to the present day, on both a national and international scale . . ."--Amazon.

When forest fires in British Columbia cause mass destruction, Chris, a cross-country runner, doesn't see why he has to participate in the charity run to help refugees from the fire. Then Chris becomes friends with Jason, a Native American kid whose family has been displaced by the fire. When Chris's dad takes special interest in helping Jason and his family, Chris wonders about his father's own emigration as a young man, and starts to think about what it means to be a refugee and to have to actually run for your life.

"Tells the true story of the Stevens Point High School cross country team and their ... journey through the 1985 season. Joined by first year runner Scott 'The Animal' Longley--a developmentally disabled student who lived in a group home--the year takes an unexpected turn as this ... hero leads them on a quest for a state title."--StevensPointJournal.com.

"On a nighttime run, high school junior and cross-country runner Nessa Kurland is badly bitten by a trapped wolf that she tries to free. Nessa's quick recovery is followed by improved running times and all her senses are heightened. She has transformed into a werewolf"--OCLC.