The Runner: A Short Story of the Rio Olympics
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Ongoing, First published Aug 14, 2016
Visit Rio in this short story and you will hear the samba, taste papaya, and meet a little boy named Carlito who dreams of being a runner like Usain Bolt. Join him as he sets off to see his hero race, a journey that takes him through one of Rio's notorious favelas where he will learn that a dream has a cost.

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