How do you spell unfair? : MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison.
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TextPublisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781536215540
- 1536215546
- Cox, MacNolia -- Juvenile literature
- Cox, MacNolia
- National Spelling Bee -- Juvenile literature
- National Spelling Bee
- African American students -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Spelling bees -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Race discrimination -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- African American students -- Biography
- Spelling bees -- United States
- Race discrimination -- United States
- Coretta Scott King Author Award
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- Coretta Scott King Author Award, Honor Book, 2024.
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Includes bibliographical references.
"A true story of determination and groundbreaking achievement follows eighth grade African American spelling champion MacNolia Cox, who left Akron, Ohio, in 1936 to compete in the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., only to be met with prejudice and discrimination."--
Coretta Scott King Author Award, Honor Book, 2024.