Bibliograph

Bartali's bicycle, the true story of Gino Bartali, Italy's secret hero, written by Megan Hoyt ; illustrated by Iacopo Bruno

Type

Label

Bartali's bicycle, the true story of Gino Bartali, Italy's secret hero, written by Megan Hoyt ; illustrated by Iacopo Bruno

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bartali's bicycle

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1156065688

Responsibility statement

written by Megan Hoyt ; illustrated by Iacopo Bruno

Sub title

the true story of Gino Bartali, Italy's secret hero

Summary

Gino Bartali pedaled across Italy for years, winning one cycling race after another, including the 1938 Tour de France. Gino became an international sports hero! But the next year, World War II began, and it changed everything. Soldiers marched into Italy. Tanks rolled down the cobbled streets of Florence. And powerful leaders declared that Jewish people should be arrested. To the entire world, Gino Bartali was merely a champion cyclist. But Gino's greatest achievement was something he never told a soul--that he secretly worked with the Italian resistance to save hundreds of Jewish men, women, and children, and others, from certain death, using the one thing no authority would question: his bicycle

Target audience

primary

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