The Racers: How an Outcast Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Challenged Hitler's Best (Scholastic Focus)
- ISBN-10
- 1338277421
- ISBN-13
- 9781338277425
- Category
- Young Adult Nonfiction
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-10-06
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Author
- Neal Bascomb
Description
The heart-pounding story of an unlikely band of ragtags who took on Hitler's Grand Prix driver.
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