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Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds
The Sammy Lee StoryBy Paula Yoo, Dom LeeSixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds
The Sammy Lee StoryBy Paula Yoo, Dom LeeView DetailsThe inspirational true story of Sammy Lee, a Korean American who overcame discrimination to realize both his father's desire that he become a doctor and his own dream of becoming an Olympic champion diver.
Jim Thorpe's Bright Path
By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. NelsonJim Thorpe's Bright Path
By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. NelsonView DetailsA biography of the legendary Native American Jim Thorpe (1888--1953), voted the Greatest Football Player and Greatest Athlete of the Half-Century by two AP polls, focusing on his early childhood and how school and sports shaped his future.
Rattlesnake Mesa
Stories from a Native American ChildhoodBy Ednah New Rider Weber, Richela RenkunRattlesnake Mesa
Stories from a Native American ChildhoodBy Ednah New Rider Weber, Richela RenkunView DetailsA true account of a spirited Native American girl's experiences growing up on a reservation and attending Phoenix Indian School in the 1920s, written in an engaging, unconventional style and accompanied by 38 dramatic photographs.