Extreme Endurance Challenges

From the Series Extreme Sports Guides (UpDog Books ™)

  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
  • Reading Level: Grade 1

Some competitors are able to crawl under barbed wire for miles. Others stay awake for days at a time. Readers will learn about some of the world’s most extreme endurance competitions and how athletes train for them.

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Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 5
Reading Level Grade 1
Genre High/Low, Social Studies
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Traditional Nonfiction, Sports
Copyright 2021
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand UpDog Books ™
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 24
Publication Date 2021-01-01
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF024040, JNF054140, JNF054180
Dewey 796.04/6
Dimensions 7 x 9
Lexile 520
Guided Reading Level Q
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Sidebars, and Table of contents

Author: Karen Latchana Kenney

Karen Latchana Kenney is an Indian-Irish author and editor, born near the equator in Guyana, and raised far north in Minnesota. She writes both fiction and nonfiction stories about scientific wonders and discoveries, immigrant and biracial experiences, momentous historical events, and civil rights struggles. Her books have received several starred reviews and have been named a 2025 Minnesota Book Awards Finalist, a 2025 Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards Finalist, a 2023 Mathical Book Prize Honor book, and a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers. She lives in Minnesota with her designer-musician husband and mathematician–robot-building son, where they explore all the wild places they can find. Find her online at https://www.karenlatchanakenney.com.