Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper
by Ann Malaspina and Eric Velasquez
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Year Published 2012
Word Count 1,303
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 600L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 150216, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Physical Education
- Subject Headings
- Track and field athletes
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- African American women athletes--Juvenile literature
- Coachman, Alice
- Track and field athletes--United States--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Jumping--United States--Juvenile literature
- Coachman, Alice--Juvenile literature
- African American women athletes
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Sports & Recreation
- United States
- Jumping
- Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England)--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Olympics
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- African American Experience
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