The quickest kid in Clarksville, by Pat Zietlow Miller ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
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The quickest kid in Clarksville, by Pat Zietlow Miller ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
490L, lexileDecoding: 3 (medium), Vocabulary: 5 (very hard), Sentences: 3 (medium), Patterns: 5 (very hard), Lexile
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The quickest kid in Clarksville
Oclc number
883962328
Responsibility statement
by Pat Zietlow Miller ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, LG, 2.9, 0.5, 179984.Accelerated Reader AR, LG, 2.9, 0.5, 179984.
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
Table Of Contents
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
Target audience
primary
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Subject
- Clarksville (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Segregation -- Fiction
- Défilés -- Tennessee -- Clarksville -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Livres d'images
- Role models -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Rudolph, Wilma, 1940-1994 -- Fiction
- Clarksville (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Rudolph, Wilma, 1940-1994 -- Juvenile fiction
- Filles noires américaines -- Tennessee -- Clarksville -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Running -- Fiction
- picture books
- Picture books
- African Americans -- Fiction
- African American girls -- Tennessee -- Clarksville -- Juvenile fiction
- Parades -- Fiction
- Parades -- Tennessee -- Clarksville -- Juvenile fiction
- Role models -- Juvenile fiction
- Ségrégation -- Tennessee -- Clarksville -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Picture books for children
- Segregation -- Tennessee -- Clarksville -- Juvenile fiction
- Modèles de rôle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
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- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Genre5
- Subject22
- Clarksville (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Segregation -- Fiction
- Défilés -- Tennessee -- Clarksville -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Livres d'images
- Role models -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Rudolph, Wilma, 1940-1994 -- Fiction
- Clarksville (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Rudolph, Wilma, 1940-1994 -- Juvenile fiction
- Filles noires américaines -- Tennessee -- Clarksville -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Running -- Fiction
- picture books
- Picture books
- African Americans -- Fiction
- African American girls -- Tennessee -- Clarksville -- Juvenile fiction
- Parades -- Fiction
- Parades -- Tennessee -- Clarksville -- Juvenile fiction
- Role models -- Juvenile fiction
- Ségrégation -- Tennessee -- Clarksville -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Picture books for children
- Segregation -- Tennessee -- Clarksville -- Juvenile fiction
- Modèles de rôle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Content2
- Author1
- Illustrator1
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