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Name: Emmanuel's Dream : the True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
Author: Thompson, Laurie Ann
ISBN: [978-0-449-81744-5,0-449-81744-X]

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Emmanuel's Dream : the True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

Author: Thompson, Laurie Ann

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Follett Number: 0948UR3
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2015
Format: 36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-449-81744-5
ISBN-10: 0-449-81744-X
LCCN: 2014-005767
Dewey: 362.4
Classifications: Biography; Nonfiction

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Bicyclists Ghana

Ghana

People With Disabilities Ghana

Yeboah, Emmanuel Ofosu, 1977-

"The story of a West African youth who pursued an education, helped support his family and became a record-setting cyclist in spite of a disability traces his ongoing achievements as an activist"--OCLC.

From the publisher:
Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah's inspiring true story--which was turned into a film, Emmanuel's Gift, narrated by Oprah Winfrey--is nothing short of remarkable. Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people--but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today, Emmanuel continues to work on behalf of the disabled. Thompson's lyrical prose and Qualls's bold collage illustrations offer a powerful celebration of triumphing over adversity. Includes an author's note with more information about Emmanuel's charity.

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