Mighty Moe: The True Story of a Thirteen-Year-Old Women's Running Revolutionary by Kit Fox, Rachel Swaby
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) on October 15, 2019
ISBN: 0374311609
Pages: 320
Genres: Non-Fiction
Format: Chapter Book Nonfiction
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This book is couched as a biography of Canadian running phenom Maureen Wilton, better known as Mighty Moe. While the book does chronicle her very short running career as a young girl, it is really more of a history of women’s running in general. The entire first half of the book does more talking about other women runners and the restrictive rules about women running long distances. It has a lot of great information about the history of running and will be enjoyed by those already running or those who just love to learn more about the history of the sport. Best for 5th grade and up, it’s a pretty dense book.

Reviewed by Jessie Trafton, Skidompha Library, Damariscotta, ME