"England or drown is my motto," female trailblazer Gertrude Ederle told reporters before embarking on her record-shattering swim across the English Channel. "I could never face people at home again unless I had got across." On the morning of August 6, 1926, Trudy stood in her bathing suit on the beach at Cape Gris-Nez, France, and faced the churning waves of the English Channel. Twenty-one miles across the perilous waterway, the English coastline beckoned. If she reached it successfully, she would be the first female swimmer to do so. but over fourteen hours of rough water stand between her and her goal. With a lyrical text and stunning illustrations that put the reader in the water right alongside Trudy, Trudy's Big Swim is the harrowing, captivating, and unforgettable story of a defining moment in sports history-and the courageous athlete who made it happen. Complete with a timeline of women's sports highlights and a detail-rich afterword that explores women's history, Trudy's life, and how she was able to accomplish such an extraordinary feat, this high stakes story is sure to speak to the adventurers among us.