I am Darn Tough by Licia Morelli Sharon Lovejoy Her other novels include A

Her other novels include A Wind in the Door

--Marjorie Perloff

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I am Darn Tough by Licia Morelli Sharon Lovejoy Her other novels include AMorelli isn't just writing about a cross country race run by a young girl, perhaps 11, with brown skin and flushed cheeks. The girl prepares at the starting line with her teammates. There is the crunch of gravel, large hills, and twisting paths, captured in soft focus watercolors. It is a true quest, right down to the moment of stumbling and scraping her knee. "I remember crying, feeling defeated. My heart hurting, stomach in knots." Readers are there