The quickest kid in Clarksville / by Pat Zietlow Miller ; illustrated by Frank Morrison.
Miller, Pat Zietlow, author.; Morrison, Frank, 1971- illustrator.
2016
PZ7.M63224 Qu 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
The quickest kid in Clarksville / by Pat Zietlow Miller ; illustrated by Frank Morrison.
Author
Miller, Pat Zietlow, author.
ISBN
9781452129365 (alk. paper)
1452129363 (alk. paper)
9781338157629 (Scholastic)
1338157620 (Scholastic)
9781338157628
Published
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2016]
Language
English
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Item Number
40027176189
Call Number
PZ7.M63224 Qu 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
[E]
813.6
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.
Note
"A Junior Library Guild selection."--Front flap of dust jacket
Audience
490L lexile
Decoding: 3 (medium) Vocabulary: 5 (very hard) Sentences: 3 (medium) Patterns: 5 (very hard) Lexile.
Awards
2017 Notable Children's Trade Book/Social Studies.
Added Author
Morrison, Frank, 1971- illustrator.
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It's the day before the big parade. Alta can only think about one thing: Wilma Rudolph, three-time Olympic gold medalist. She'll be riding on a float tomorrow. See, Alta is the quickest kid in Clarksville, Tennessee, just like Wilma once was. It doesn't matter that Alta's shoes have holes because Wilma came from hard times, too. But what happens when a new girl with shiny new shoes comes along and challenges Alta to a race? Will she still be the quickest kid?
from dust jacket.

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