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

Author/creator Miller, Pat Zietlow author.
Other author Morrison, Frank, 1971- illustrator.
Format Book
PublicationSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2016]
Copyright Date©2016
Description1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Subjects
Rudolph, Wilma, 1940-1994--Juvenile fiction.
African American girls--Tennessee. --Clarksville. --Juvenile fiction.
Role models--Juvenile fiction.
Parades--Tennessee. --Clarksville. --Juvenile fiction.
Segregation--Tennessee. --Clarksville. --Juvenile fiction.
Running--Juvenile fiction.
Clarksville (Tenn.)--History. --20th century. --Juvenile fiction.

Abstract 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.
Audience 490 Lexile
Awards note"A Junior Library Guild selection."--Front flap of dust jacket.
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
LCCN 2014018358
ISBN9781452129365 (alk. paper)
ISBN1452129363 (alk. paper)

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