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Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon
SIMRAN JEET SINGH
Illustrator: Baljinder Kaur
Ages: 6+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
ISBN: 978-0-525-55509-4
Keywords: Ageism, persistence/ determination, Running, stereotypes, Sikh
Overcoming lifetime obstacles, a Sikh broke all records in 1911 as the first 100-year-old man to run the marathon. Collage-like illustrations. Back matter.