Africa South of the Sahara
Ghana
Champion Runner
By Adwoa Badoe, Ashalley Mensah (Illustrator)
Champion Runner. Adwoa Badoe. Illustrated by Ashalley Mensah. Smartline Publishing and Worldreader, 2013. Published in Ghana [and the US]. ISBN 9789988600526. 17 p. (Ages 6-10). Picture book.
Abizibay is unable to attend school like the other kids; instead, he helps his father wash dishes in the school’s kitchen. In large part, Abizibay is a quiet kid who flies under the radar, but that all changes when the school holds a cross-country race. [gd]