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The Long Jump: The story of Jean-Baptiste Alaize
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From Francesca Cavallo, author of the NY Times bestseller Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.
This is the true story of Jean-Baptiste Alaize.Now an exceptional sprinter and long jumper, Jean-Baptiste lost his right leg when he was just three years old during the civil war in Burundi. When he met his adoptive dad, Robert, Jean-Baptiste had never seen a white man before. But they bonded over the fact that his dad too had lost his right leg in an accident years before. Through the story of thi...