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Author Brant, John, 1951- author.

Title The boy who runs : the odyssey of Julius Achon / John Brant.

Publication Info. New York : Ballantine Books, [2016]
©2016

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY ACHON    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. ACHON, J.    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B ACHON, JULIUS    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  B ACHON    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY ACHON    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIOGRAPHY ACHON, JULIUS    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B ACHON    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  796.42 BRA    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  796.42092 BRA    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B ACHON    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xvi, 248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, color ; 25 cm
Summary Julius Achon is the director of the Achon Uganda Children's Fund, a charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life in rural Uganda. He was captured at 12 and turned into a boy soldier; then miraculously found a career as one of the world's foremost middle-distance runners. How these life jumps happened is told here.
Subject Achon, Julius, 1976-
Runners (Sports) -- Uganda -- Biography.
Child soldiers -- Uganda -- Biography.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Running & Jogging.
HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
Child soldiers. (OCoLC)fst00854677
Runners (Sports) (OCoLC)fst01101341
Uganda. (OCoLC)fst01210282
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Biographies.
Other Form: Online version: Brant, John, 1951- author. Boy who runs. New York : Ballantine Books, 2016 9780553392166 (DLC) 2016026304
ISBN 9780553392159 (hardcover)
0553392158 (hardcover)
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