Level: L DRA: 24 Genre: Narrative Nonfiction Strategy: Summarize Skill: Understanding Characters Word Count: 444 Lance Armstrong 1.6.30 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books by David Lau ISBN-13:978-0-547-02736-4 ISBN-10:0-547-02736-2 1032768 H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN 1_027364_AL_LRSE_CVR_L30_ARMST.indd 1 5/17/10 6:59:49 PM Lance Armstrong by David Lau PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS: Cover © Doug Pensinger/Getty Images; 1 © Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images; 2 © Patrick Gardin; 3 © Getty Images; 4 © UpperCut Images/Alamy; 5 © Getty Images; 6 © Comstock Images; 7 © Joe Raedle/Getty Images; 8 © Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images; 9 © Doug Pensinger/Getty Images; 10 © Laurent Rebours Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers, Attn: Permissions, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777. Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02736-4 ISBN-10: 0-547-02736-2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0940 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited. Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format. When he was young, Lance Armstrong was a lot like other kids. He didn’t have any brothers or sisters. He liked to play, swim, and ride his bike. But Lance could also ride his bike for hours and swim for miles. Lance like

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