The Long Jump: The Story of Jean-Baptiste Alaize

by Francesca Cavallo

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1953592066
• ISBN13: 9781953592064
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Undercats
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3