From Francesca Cavallo, author of the NY Times bestseller Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This is the story of 17-time Paralympic medalist Tatyana McFadden. Born with spina bifida in Russia, Tatyana was raised in an orphanage where she walked on her hands for the first six years of her life. In 1994, she was adopted and moved to the United States, where she started racing and breaking records; and is now considered the best female wheelchair racer of all time, and the fastest woman on Earth. First book in the non-fiction Paralympians series, a picture book series telling the stories of 4 champions who do things their own way and are reinventing sport.

Escrito por Francesca Cavallo, autora de Cuentos de buenas noches para ninas rebeldes, uno de los libros mas vendidos segun el New York Times. Esta es la verdadera historia de la campeona paralimpica Tatyana McFadden. Tatyana nacio con espina bifida en Rusia y se crio en un orfanato donde camino con sus manos durante los primeros seis anos de su vida. En 1994, fue adoptada y se mudo a los Estados Unidos. A la edad de ocho anos, Tatyana comenzo a competir y batir records. Hoy en dia, es considerada la mejor corredora en silla de ruedas de todos los tiempos y la mujer mas rapida del mundo. El primer libro de la serie Atletas Paralimpicos, una serie de libros ilustrados de no ficcion que cuenta la historia de 4 campeones que hacen las cosas a su manera y estan reinventando a los deportes. From Francesca Cavallo, author of the NY Times best seller Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This is the story of 17-time Paralympic medalist Tatyana McFadden. Born with spina bifida in Russia, Tatyana was raised in an orphanage where she walked on her hands for the first six years of her life. In 1994, she was adopted and moved to the United States, where she started racing and breaking records; and is now considered the best female wheelchair racer of all time, and the fastest woman on Earth. First book in the non-fiction Paralympians series, a picture book series telling the stories of 4 champions who do things their own way and are reinventing sport.