![]() ![]() The illustrations and text are brilliant and whatever age the reader, this will bring real interest and joy. Booklist A wonderful story bringing to life an event held so long ago, and a girl who rose to fortune by her ability. Review Quotes Informative, entertaining, and inspiring. Can the Corinthian girl win the crown and find a name and a home at last? Based on the real-life Heraean Games for women and girls, held at Olympia, this is a thrilling story of one girls athletic achievement against all the odds. And one year later she is at the great Olympic stadium for the race of her life. From dawn till dusk she trains - running, jumping, throwing the javelin and the discus. He spots the amazing athletic talent of the Corinthian girl, and realizes she could be a star at the Games in Olympia. But her Master is a famous Olympic champion. The crowd gasped as the Corinthian girl exploded from the starting point! The Corinthian girl has no name.abandoned as a baby, she is now a slave in Athens. ![]() Her spirit and courage take her to victory in the Games, to freedom and to fame- Book Synopsis It was time for the first race to begin. Born in Corinth, abandoned as a baby, she bes a nameless slave until her strength and skill are noticed by her owner, a famous athlete. About the Book Set in Ancient Greece, this inspiring story tells of a slave girl who became champion in the Heraean Games (the girls and womens version of the Olympic Games) in the great stadium at Olympia. ![]()
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