Eric Velasquez: 1 book
Touch the Sky
Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
"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 her own crossbar with sticks and rags....
