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Escrito por Francesca Cavallo, autora de Cuentos de buenas noches para ni as rebeldes, uno de los libros m's vendidos seg n el New York Times.

Esta es la verdadera historia de Jean-Baptiste Alaize.
Ahora, un atleta excepcional y saltador de largo, Jean-Baptiste perdi su pierna derecha cuando ten a solo tres a os durante la guerra civil en Burundi. Cuando conoci a su padre adoptivo, Robert, Jean-Baptiste nunca antes hab a visto a un hombre blanco. Pero crearon un lazo porque tambi n su padre hab a perdido la pierna derecha en un accidente a os antes. A trav's de la historia de este atleta extraordinario, The Long Jump aborda temas como la adopci n transracial, vivir con una discapacidad, encontrar el propio prop sito y alcanzar sus sue os.

Atlelas Paral mpicos es una serie de libros ilustrados de no ficci n que cuenta la historia de 4 campeones que hacen las cosas a su manera y est n reinventando a los deportes.

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From Francesca Cavallo, author of the NY Times bestseller Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.

This is the true story of Jean-Baptiste Alaize.
Now an exceptional sprinter and long jumper, Jean-Baptiste lost his right leg when he was just three years old during the civil war in Burundi. When he met his adoptive dad, Robert, Jean-Baptiste had never seen a white man before. But they bonded over the fact that his dad too had lost his right leg in an accident years before. Through the story of this extraordinary athlete, The Long Jump tackles themes such as transracial adoption, living with a disability, finding your purpose and achieving your dreams.

Paralympians is a non-fiction picture book series telling the stories of four champions who do things their own way and are reinventing sport.