The quickest kid in Clarksville
(Book)

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Author
Miller, Pat Zietlow,
Contributors
Morrison, Frank, 1971- illustrator.
Published
San Francisco, California : New York, NY : Chronicle Books ;, [2016].
Format
Book
ISBN
9781452129365, 1452129363, 9781338157628
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Lexile measure
490L
Rating
490L
Status
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Le Sueur Public Library - Junior Picture Book Fiction
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Published
San Francisco, California : New York, NY : Chronicle Books ;, [2016].
Language
English
ISBN
9781452129365, 1452129363, 9781338157628
Lexile measure
490

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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.
Target Audience
490L,Lexile
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 58 (medium),Semantic demand: 80 (high),Syntactic demand: 55 (medium),Structure demand: 86 (very high),Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,LG,2.9,0.5,179984.

Subjects

LC Subjects
African American girls -- Tennessee -- Clarksville -- Juvenile fiction.
Clarksville (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Parades -- Tennessee -- Clarksville -- Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Role models -- Juvenile fiction.
Rudolph, Wilma, -- 1940-1994 -- Juvenile fiction.
Segregation -- Tennessee -- Clarksville -- Juvenile fiction.
Other Subjects
African Americans -- Fiction.
Clarksville (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Parades -- Fiction.
Role models -- Fiction.
Rudolph, Wilma, -- 1940-1994 -- Fiction.
Running -- Fiction.
Segregation -- Fiction.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Miller, P. Z., & Morrison, F. (2016). The quickest kid in Clarksville . Chronicle Books ;.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Miller, Pat Zietlow and Frank Morrison. 2016. The Quickest Kid in Clarksville. San Francisco, California : New York, NY: Chronicle Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Miller, Pat Zietlow and Frank Morrison. The Quickest Kid in Clarksville San Francisco, California : New York, NY: Chronicle Books, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Miller, Pat Zietlow,, and Frank Morrison. The Quickest Kid in Clarksville Chronicle Books ;, 2016.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.