Emmanuel's dream : the true story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah / by Laurie Ann Thompson ; illustrated by Sean Qualls.
2015
HV3013.Y43 T56 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
Emmanuel's dream : the true story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah / by Laurie Ann Thompson ; illustrated by Sean Qualls.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780449817452 (library binding)
0449817458 (library binding)
9780449817445 (hardcover)
044981744X (hardcover)
0449817458 (library binding)
9780449817445 (hardcover)
044981744X (hardcover)
Published
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Call Number
HV3013.Y43 T56 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.4092 B
Summary
Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people--but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today, Emmanuel continues to work on behalf of the disabled.
Awards
Schneider Family Book Award, 2016.
Added Author
Qualls, Sean, illustrator.
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