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Sakamoto's swim club : how a teacher led an unlikely team to victory /

The true story of science teacher Soichi Sakamoto, who formed a champion swim club consisting of the Hawaiian and Japanese children of impoverished sugarcane workers in the 1930s. Without a proper pool to swim in, Sakamoto trained his team in irrigation ditches and coached the kids to swim against t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abery, Julie (Author)
Other Authors: Sasaki, Chris (Illustrator) (Illustrator), Stokes, Jennifer (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Kids Can Press, [2021].
Subjects:
Sakamoto, Soichi, > 1906-1997 > Juvenile literature.
Olympic Games > (14th : > 1948 : > London, England) > Juvenile literature.
Sakamoto, Soichi, > 1906-1997.
Olympic Games > (14th : > 1948 : > London, England)
Swimming coaches > Hawaii > Maui > Juvenile literature.
Swim teams > Hawaii > Maui > History > Juvenile literature.
Swimming > Hawaii > Maui > History > Juvenile literature.
Swimmers > Hawaii > Maui > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Japanese American children > Hawaii > Maui > Juvenile literature.
Maui (Hawaii) > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Swim teams > Hawaii > Maui > History.
Swimming > Hawaii > Maui > History.
Japanese American children > Hawaii > Maui.
Swim teams.
Swimming > History.
Maui (Hawaii) > History > 20th century.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Olympics & Paralympics.

Evans: Curriculum Collection (4th floor)

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Call Number: GV838.4.U6 A23 2021
 
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