Emmanuel's Dream
The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2015.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 volume (various paging) : colour illustrations ; 30 cm
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.
Subjects:
Yeboah, Emmanuel Ofosu, 1977- -- Juvenile literature.
People with disabilities -- Ghana -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Cyclists -- Ghana -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Ghana -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Yeboah, Emmanuel Ofosu, 1977- -- Juvenile literature.
People with disabilities -- Ghana -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Cyclists -- Ghana -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Ghana -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9780449817445
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Yeboah, Emmanuel | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Yeboah, Emmanuel | Ballentine Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Yeboah, Emmanuel | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's Biography | In |