"Rachel Swaby and Kit Fox produced the Runner's World podcast ""Human Race,"" where Little Mo's story was first told. Rachel is the author of Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World (a Random House adult title) as well as its middle-grade version, Trailblazers: 33 Women in Science Who Changed the World, and Kit is a magazine editor."
A story lost to history illuminates the unique way sports supports feminism . . . A story about what running really is: competing with other runners and not against them. --Kirkus Reviews The book transports readers to an era of discrimination against women in organized sports and illustrates its effects on one girl's life. . .This involving story is well worth reading. --Booklist [A] thorough, fascinating biography. --Publishers Weekly Facts and statistics are seamlessly integrated in this title that will be especially appealing to sports aficionados and students of women's history. Recommended for all middle grade collections. --School Library Journal