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The Boy Who Runs: The Odyssey of Julius Achon
By Brant, John
- ISBN
- 9780553392159 9780553392166
- Publisher
- Ballantine
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Reviewed on June 15, 2016 | Arts and Humanities
Brant (Duel in the Sun) offers an inspiring biography of Ugandan runner Julius Achon (b. 1976). A former boy soldier who was abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) at age 12, the indefatigable and endlessly resilient Achon eventually escaped his homeland to attend college in the United States, become an Olympic runner, and start a charitable organization to help his home village. The author details Achon's determination to pursue his athletic ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
