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Elite wheelchair racer and wrestler Zion Clark joins with New York Times best-selling author James S. Hirsch for a stunning memoir--recounting childhood adversity, awe-inspiring perseverance, and self-invention.When a baby named Zion was born in 1997 to an imprisoned, drug-addicted mother, his future seemed bleak. Born without legs due to a rare condition called caudal regression syndrome, Zion was abandoned and shunted to a foster-care system ill-equipped to care for him. In this stirring memoir, readers will follow as he is bounced from home to home, subjected to abuse, neglect, and inconceivable hardship. Somehow, Zion finds supportive angels along the way: his first two foster families, who offer a haven; the wrestling coach who senses his "warrior spirit" and nurtures it; the woman of fierce faith who adopts a seventeen-year-old and cheers his every match. From play-by-play narration of how Zion adapts wrestling moves to defeat able-bodied opponents, wielding phenomenal arm and hand strength, to accounts of his extraordinary work ethic, unflagging optimism, and motivational speaking, this is an inspirational story of courage that will appeal to any athlete who respects determination, any young person facing adversity, and any reader who wants to believe in the human spirit. |
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Clark, Zion -- Juvenile literature.
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Clark, Zion.
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Clark, Zion.
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Wrestlers with disabilities -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Wheelchair road racing -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Athletes with disabilities -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Olympic athletes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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African American athletes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Foster home care -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Children with disabilities -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Wrestlers with disabilities -- United States.
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Wheelchair road racing -- United States.
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Olympic athletes -- United States.
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African American athletes -- United States.
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Wrestlers.
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Wheelchair road racing.
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People with disabilities.
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Olympic athletes.
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African American athletes.
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Athletes.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Autobiographies.
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Hirsch, James S., author.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Clark, Zion. Work with what you got Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023 9781536224214 (NjBwBT)bl2023013465 |
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9781536227338 |
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1536227331 |
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