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Terry Fox and Me

Mary Beth Leatherdale

Illustrator: Milan Pavlovic

Ages: 6+

Published: 2020

Publisher: Tundra

ISBN: 978-0-7352-6768-8

Keywords: Marathons, Marathon of Hope, Basketball

Terry, once the shortest, worst athlete in his class, lost a leg to cancer but persevered to run across the width of Canada on a prosthetic leg. Pencil, crayon and ink illustrations.