Spirit Runner, a book for all ages, won the 2018 Readers' Favorite Book Award for best novel of the year. When he is seven, Ron Campbell loses everything: his family, his home, even his ability to walk. The only things that sustain him are his indomitable spirit and his friends.
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay;
Once a Runner by John L. Parker Jr.;
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand