The Quickest Kid in Clarksville
- ISBN-10
- 1452146497
- ISBN-13
- 9781452146492
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 40
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-02-09
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Author
- Pat Zietlow Miller
Description
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.
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