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

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490L, lexileDecoding: 3 (medium), Vocabulary: 5 (very hard), Sentences: 3 (medium), Patterns: 5 (very hard), Lexile

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The quickest kid in Clarksville

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by Pat Zietlow Miller ; illustrated by Frank Morrison

Accelerated Reader, LG, 2.9, 0.5, 179984.Accelerated Reader AR, LG, 2.9, 0.5, 179984.

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

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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