The First Marathon: The Legend of Pheidippides
by Reynolds, Susan
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AR Book Level
5.5
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
2,404
Interest Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
106017 EN
About this book
Twenty-five hundred years ago, a small band of Greeks faced the huge Persian army. Given the horrendous odds, help was a necessity. A young runner ran 140 miles to Sparta to request aid and then ran back to help defeat the enemy.