Surviving the Marathon des Sables: An Interactive Extreme Sports Adventure

by Matt Doeden

Overview

The Marathon des Sables is considered the most grueling foot race on the planet, and you're about to run it. Over six days and some 150 miles in the Sahara Desert, you will make decisions that will test your mettle. These decisions could bring you glory, bring you shame, or even send you to an early grave. Only YOU CHOOSE how this adventure story ends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515771678
Publisher:	Capstone Press
Publication date:	08/01/2017
Series:	You Choose: Surviving Extreme Sports
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile:	680L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Matt Doeden is a freelance author and editor from Minnesota. He’s written numerous children’s books on sports, music, current events, the military, extreme survival, and much more. His books Sandy Koufax (Twenty-First Century Books, 2006) and Tom Brady: Unlikely Champion (Twenty-First Century Books, 2011) were Junior Library Guild selections. Doeden began his career as a sports writer before turning to publishing. He lives in Minnesota with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

About your adventure — Welcome to Morocco — Blazing a trail — Family first — The home stretch — The marathon of the sands — Dangers of the desert — Glossary — Other paths to explore — Read more — Internet sites — Index.

Interviews

multiple endings for different stories every time you read; engaging illustrations; popular You Choose format has sold more than 1 million copies; Fast-paced second-person point of view narration puts the reader in the driver's seat; engages reluctant readers; Multiple endings and scenarios encourage re-reads