Sixteen Years In Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story
by:
Dom Lee (author)
Paula Yoo (author)
The 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.
The 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.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781584302476 (158430247X)
Publish date: April 1st 2005
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
My favorite thing about publishers Lee & Low Books is that they publish these picture books about awesome PoC people might not know about. I first learned about Sammy Lee during the 2010 London Olympics, and this is one of the only books I've been able to find about him. Luckily it's a good one.