Hurdles in the Dark: My Story of Survival, Resilience, and Triumph by Gonzalez, Elvira K.
Hurdles in the Dark: My Story of Survival, Resilience, and Triumph by Gonzalez, Elvira K.

Hurdles in the Dark: My Story of Survival, Resilience, and Triumph

A Mexican-American teen girl dreams of winning an athletic scholarship against all odds in a Texas border...
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Author: Elvira K. Gonzalez
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Language: English
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Hurdles in the Dark: My Story of Survival, Resilience, and Triumph by Gonzalez, Elvira K.

Hurdles in the Dark: My Story of Survival, Resilience, and Triumph

$33.56
Hurdles in the Dark: My Story of Survival, Resilience, and Triumph by Gonzalez, Elvira K.

Hurdles in the Dark: My Story of Survival, Resilience, and Triumph

$33.56
Author: Elvira K. Gonzalez
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

A Mexican-American teen girl dreams of winning an athletic scholarship against all odds in a Texas border town. This true story of survival, strength, and triumph is perfect for fans of Educated and Athlete A.

Twenty-four hours: that's how long fourteen-year-old Elvira Gonzalez is given to come up with the $40,000 she needs to save her kidnapped mother from a drug cartel. It's 2006 and Elvira's hometown of Laredo, Texas, has become engulfed by the Mexican Drug War. Elvira's life is unraveling around her--setting her on a harrowing path that leads her to being locked up in one of South Texas's worst juvenile detention centers.

After Elvira's released from juvie, she's resolved to never go back. That's when her unexpected salvation arrives in the form of 33-inch-high plastic hurdles. Determined to win a track scholarship out of Laredo, Elvira begins breaking into the school, alone, at 5:30 in the morning to practice hurdling. Soon, she catches the attention of a renowned high school coach, an adult man in his 30s. As they train, their coach-student relationship begins to change, becoming sexual. At just seventeen years old, Elvira experiences the dangers many young athletes face, especially those who are marginalized. In spite of these towering obstacles, Elvira eventually propels herself to become one of the top ranked hurdlers in the USA and the first in her family to go to college.

This inspiring true story of grit, tenacity, and hope traces Elvira's path as she overcomes impossible hurdles in her race to freedom.

Author: Elvira K. Gonzalez
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 05/28/2024
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.35w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9781250847850
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 552871 / Hurdles in the Dark


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/26/2024
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2024
Booklist 04/15/2024 pg. 39
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2024
Shelf Awareness 05/26/2024
School Library Journal 11/15/2024 pg. 1

About the Author
Elvira K. Gonzalez is a Tejana author, activist, and entrepreneur from the South Texas borderlands. She is a former collegiate athlete at the University of Incarnate Word where she graduated with a degree in Business. She coached Track & Field at the University of Pennsylvania and The Armory in New York City. She is the founder of Writers Inkubator and a non-profit that provides educational resources and scholarships to female student-athletes. Hurdles in the Dark is her literary debut.
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