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Gr 4–7—This adaptation of the adult title The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Viking, 2013) chronicles the powerful University of Washington crew team that took the gold in Berlin. The book centers on one untrained rower, Joe Rantz, who was working his way through college. The team was guided by the determined UW coach, Al Ulbrickson, whose obstacles to success were the rival rowing team from the University of California, Berkeley, and hi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Overcoming a difficult childhood—his mother passed away, his father abandoned him, and the Great Depression made it even harder for a teenager to survive on his own—Joe Rantz not only managed to go to college, he made the freshman crew team at the University of Washington. There, he met boys equally determined to succeed and a coach who was driven not only to best West Coa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Overcoming a difficult childhood, Joe Rantz made the freshman crew team at the University of Washington. There, he met equally determined bo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More