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Touch the sky : Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper Cover Image Book

Touch the sky : Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper / by Ann Malaspina ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez.

Malaspina, Ann, 1957- (Author). Velasquez, Eric, (illustrator.).

Summary:

A biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, from her childhood in segregated Albany, Georgia, in the 1930s, through her recognition at the 1996 Olympics as one of the hundred best athletes in Olympic history. Includes bibliographical references.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780807580356
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Albert Whitman, [2012]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
AD600L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader (AR) MG 3.6 0.5
Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.6 0.5 150216.

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Coachman, Alice > Juvenile literature.
Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England) > Juvenile literature.
African American women athletes > Juvenile literature.
African American women athletes > United States > Juvenile literature.
Jumping > United States > Juvenile literature.
Track and field athletes > United States > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.

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