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Author:

Miller, Pat Zietlow.

Title:

The quickest kid in Clarksville / by Pat Zietlow Miller ; illustrations by Frank Morrison.

Publisher:

Chronicle Kids

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

1 online resource : color illustrations.

Subject:

Rudolph, Wilma,--1940-1994--Juvenile fiction.
Rudolph, Wilma,--1940-1994--Fiction.
Rudolph, Wilma,--1940-1994.
1900-1999.
Running--Fiction.
Parades.
JUVENILE FICTION / General.
Segregation--Clarksville--Clarksville--Juvenile fiction.
Segregation--Fiction.
Role models.
African Americans--Fiction.
African American girls.
African American girls--Clarksville--Clarksville--Juvenile fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / Biographical / United States.
Role models--Juvenile fiction.
Role models--Fiction.
Segregation.
Parades--Clarksville--Clarksville--Juvenile fiction.
Parades--Fiction.
Tennessee--Clarksville.
Clarksville (Tenn.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Clarksville (Tenn.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Fiction.
History.

Other Authors:

Morrison, Frank, illustrator.
OverDrive Inc.

Notes:

Lexile: 490.

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.

ISBN:

1452146497 (hardcover) : :
9781452146492 (hardcover) : :
1452155623
9781452155623

OCLC:

(OCoLC)938540279

Locations:

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)