![]() ![]() Today's young readers will be surprised to realize that it wasn't so long ago that women were banned from marathons. Who doesn't like a story in which a woman is plucky enough to disguise herself in guy's clothes, hide her hair in a hoodie, and dash out from the bushes to run with the boys? And when she's about to cross the finish line, there's a double foldout page to open, which feels as celebratory as popping a cork. Most of the action in The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon takes place before and during the 1966 Boston Marathon, when Bobbi Gibb - stealthily! - became the first woman to run. ![]() It's a happy moment in history when a light is shone on the lives of remarkable women, and this bio is a rollicking good story with a big dollop of drama. ![]()
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