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Malaspina, Ann

Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper

32 pp. | Whitman | January, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8075-8035-6 $16.99
(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Eric Velasquez. Alice Coachman dreamed of athletic success as a "never-sit-still girl" in Depression-era Georgia. Her high-jumping career took off in high school, and in 1948 she became the first black female to win Olympic gold. The drama of Malaspina's free-verse telling is mirrored by Velasquez's emotive oil paintings. Appended archival photographs and an author's note expand the inspirational story. Bib.
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

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