Pure Grit describes how Paddy Doyle came from a poor background, and a life of juvenile crime.
Young readers who enjoyed Tanya Lee Stone’s Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream will also appreciate this story of courageous women whose story was nearly forgotten." --School Library Journal
These are not stories of people overcoming disability -- they're stories of people accommodating disability while pursuing their dreams. Pure Grit shines a light on boundless possibility whatever the individual challenge."--Back cover
Pure Grit describes how Paddy Doyle came from a poor background, and a life of juvenile crime. He found sport and Fitness World Records as a way out from possibly...
"The story of American nurses serving in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked the islands on December 8, 1941"--Dust jacket.