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1 online resource |
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| Summary |
Gear up for this high-powered picture book biography about Kitty O'Neil, the stuntwoman and racecar driver who broke the women's land speed record! Kitty O'Neil was a force to be reckoned with. She became deaf as a child, and grew up loving sports and action. Kitty jumped, ran, raced, and swam, all while learning to read lips and communicating through sign language. Eventually, Kitty took a job as a stuntwoman, doing the most dangerous job on set and even filming stunts for films like Wonder Woman! Still, Kitty wanted more thrills. She became a racecar driver and sought to do what no woman had done before. She chose the aptly named Motivator and trained like a true champion. In 1976, Kitty and the Motivator broke the land speed record, racing at over 600 miles per hour! Kitty was a hero to fans everywhere, and proved that she was truly unstoppable. |
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Text Difficulty 2 - Text Difficulty 3 |
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560 Lexile. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. New York : Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2021. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
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Juvenile Nonfiction.
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Biography & Autobiography.
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Sociology.
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Transportation.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9780593125717 |
| ISBN |
9780593125731 (electronic bk) |
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