FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An inspiring story of the first American female athlete to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games shares her triumphs over childhood illnesses to become a high school basketball player. A Childhood Of Famous Americans title.
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Gr. 3-6. It's a classic Cinderella story. Stuck at home in Clarksville, Tennessee, in the 1940s, Wilma Rudolph couldn't attend school. Her leg was in a brace, twisted from polio. The kids called her cripple. But she grew up to become a runner who broke world records. This title in the popular Childhood of Famous Americans series is fictionalized, but it works because it never pretends to be documented biography. The made-up details and conversations seem true to the time, as is the picture of the African American girl who fought not only illness but also poverty, racism (including the n-word), and gender barriers. Sports fans will enjoy the details of training and technique as well as the honesty about Rudolph's close, and sometimes tense, relationships with her coaches and teammates. Occasional black-and-white pictures capture the drama, from the kid in the hospital to the Olympic winner to the handshake with President Kennedy. Hazel Rochman
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This review is from: Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Runner (Childhood of Famous Americans) (Paperback)
Wilma Rudolph is like a regular six-year old child, but has polio. She tries to fight polio, but thinks her exercises aren't helping at all. But later on something happens, she wants to start playing basketball. "How can i do this if my leg is twisted?" Wilma said.Later, she qualfied for the 1960 Olympics in three events, the 100, 200, and a relay race. Wilma had set a world record, but the people in charge of the validating made it offical. Because of that, her achievement doesn't always appear in record books. If you want to know more about Wilma, you should read the book.
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Six-year-old Wilma waved sadly as her brother Wesley ran out the door. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coach Gray, Coach Temple, Tennessee State, Skeeter Baby, Mae Faggs, Betty Cuthbert, Burt High School, Nancy Bower, United States, Jutta Heine, Wilma Rudolph, Coach Ed Temple, Jackie Robinson, Lucinda Williams, Margaret Matthews, Merry High, Vivian Brown New!
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Six-year-old Wilma waved sadly as her brother Wesley ran out the door. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coach Gray, Coach Temple, Tennessee State, Skeeter Baby, Mae Faggs, Betty Cuthbert, Burt High School, Nancy Bower, United States, Jutta Heine, Wilma Rudolph, Coach Ed Temple, Jackie Robinson, Lucinda Williams, Margaret Matthews, Merry High, Vivian Brown New!
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