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Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper

By Ann Malaspina
Illustrators Illustrated by Eric Velasquez Edition

Hardcover edition

Publisher Albert Whitman Imprint Albert Whitman ISBN

9780807580356

Awards and Honors Booklist Top 10 Sports Books for Youth: 2012; 2013 Amelia Bloomer Project, Early Readers Nonfiction; IRA Children’s Choices, Young Readers, 2013; NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2013, Biography

Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper

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Though her papa said, “Bare feet shouldn’t fly,” and there was nowhere in town for black kids to practice track, Alice jumped her way to the 1948 Olympics. Author’s note. Bibliography. Black-and-white photographs. Full-color oil illustrations.
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