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The quickest kid in Clarksville /

Growing up in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the 1960s, Alta's family cannot afford to buy her new sneakers--but she still plans to attend the parade celebrating her hero Wilma Rudolph's three Olympic gold medals.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Pat Zietlow (Author)
Other Authors: Morrison, Frank, 1971- (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2016]
Subjects:
Rudolph, Wilma, > 1940-1994 > Juvenile fiction.
Rudolph, Wilma, > 1940-1994 > Fiction.
Rudolph, Wilma, > 1940-1994.
African American girls > Tennessee > Clarksville > Juvenile fiction.
Role models > Juvenile fiction.
Parades > Tennessee > Clarksville > Juvenile fiction.
Segregation > Tennessee > Clarksville > Juvenile fiction.
Clarksville (Tenn.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Role models > Fiction.
Parades > Fiction.
Segregation > Fiction.
Running > Fiction.
Clarksville (Tenn.) > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Tennessee > Clarksville.
African American girls.
Parades.
Role models.
Segregation.
1900-1999
1900-1999.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Historical fiction.
Picture books.
Description
Summary:Growing up in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the 1960s, Alta's family cannot afford to buy her new sneakers--but she still plans to attend the parade celebrating her hero Wilma Rudolph's three Olympic gold medals.
Item Description:"A Junior Library Guild selection."--Front flap of dust jacket.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN:9781452129365
1452129363