Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper by Ann Malaspina

Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper

Ann Malaspina with Eric Velasquez (Illustrator)

32 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography sports emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

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Bare feet shouldn't fly. Long legs shouldn't spin. Braids shouldn't flap in the wind. 'Sit on the porch and be a lady, ' Papa scolded Alice. In Alice's Georgia hometown, there was no track where an African-American girl could practice, so she made...

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