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Brant, John, 1951- author.
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Achon, Julius, 1976-
Runners (Sports) -- Uganda -- Biography.
Child soldiers -- Uganda -- Biography.
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The boy who runs : t...
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The boy who runs : the odyssey of Julius Achon / John Brant.
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Brant, John, 1951- author.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2016.
Subjects
Achon, Julius, 1976-
Runners (Sports) -- Uganda -- Biography.
Child soldiers -- Uganda -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780553392159 (hardcover)
0553392158 (hardcover)
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xvi, 248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, color ; 25 cm
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First edition.
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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.
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Hawaii State Library
Art, Music & Recreation
796.42092 Achon Br
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Adult Biography
B Achon Br
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