Awards

• Nominated for Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices.
• Winner of NAACP Image Award 2008
• Winner of NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2008
• Winner of New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2007

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Reviews

Starred Review, School Library Journal, September 2007: <br> The prose is rhythmic and has the cadence of the street, and it's a treat to read aloud ... [T]his is an affecting tribute to a great athlete, and a story to both enjoy and inspire. <br><br>Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, August 27, 2007: <br> [A] sharp evocation of her spirited and appealingly pricky personality. Boys and girls of all levels of athleticism will find much inspiration in these pages. <br><br><br> From the Hardcover edition.

Starred Review, School Library Journal, September 2007: The prose is rhythmic and has the cadence of the street, and it's a treat to read aloud ... [T]his is an affecting tribute to a great athlete, and a story to both enjoy and inspire. Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, August 27, 2007: [A] sharp evocation of her spirited and appealingly pricky personality. Boys and girls of all levels of athleticism will find much inspiration in these pages. From the Hardcover edition.

Author Information

SUE STAUFFACHER is a professional journalist and has been writing a children's book review column for ten years. GREG COUCH is the illustrator of many children's books including The Cello of Mr. O by Jane Cutler, Wild Child by Lynn Plourde, and Sun Dance, Water Dance by Jonathan London.He has received two Society of Illustrators Silver Medals.

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