The boy who runs : the odyssey of Julius Achon
Title:
The boy who runs : the odyssey of Julius Achon
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ISBN:
9780553392159
Publication Date:
2016
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Info:
New York : Ballantine Books, c2016.
Material Type:
Hardcover Book
Physical Description:
xvi, 248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, color ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Abstract:
Julius Achon is the director of the Achon Uganda Children's Fund, a charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life in rural Uganda. He was captured at 12 and turned into a boy soldier; then miraculously found a career as one of the world's foremost middle-distance runners. How these life jumps happened is told here.
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