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Jimmy the Greatest

Written by: Iairo Buitrago
Narrated by: Luis Moreno
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Jimmy lives in a small Caribbean town where there's not a whole lot to do. Fortunately though, there is a boxing gym, and one day the owner, Don Apolinar, suggests that Jimmy start training. He also gives Jimmy a cardboard box full of books and newspaper clippings all about Muhammad Ali. Jimmy reads and re-reads as he never has before. He is swept with admiration for Ali who said, "I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was." He starts to feel good, realizing that he doesn't need to have a lot of fancy stuff, that he's a pretty good boxer himself, and that he can look forward to the future. But by the time Don Apolinar has to leave for the big city, Jimmy realizes that he can have a great life running the gym, creating a library, dancing and boxing…right where he is.

©2010 Jairo Buitrago (P)2013 Recorded Books
Central & South America Growing Up & Facts of Life Sports Fiction

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"Eye-opening inspiration in this unassuming import from Colombia." ( Kirkus, starred review)

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