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How do you spell unfair? : MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

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2023

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Title:	How do you spell unfair? : MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
Author:	Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.
Edition:	First edition.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023. ©2023
Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Summary:	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.
Audience:	A Junior Library Guild selection
Subjects:	Cox, MacNolia -- Juvenile literature. National Spelling Bee -- Juvenile literature. African American girls -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. African American students -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Spelling bees -- United States -- Juvenile literature. Racism against Black people -- United States -- Juvenile literature. Race discrimination -- United States -- Juvenile literature. Spelling bees. Women. African Americans. Race discrimination. Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC author. Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC subject. Palatine (Ill.) -- Own voices.
Genre:	Biographies. Picture books.
Other Author:	Morrison, Frank, 1971- illustrator.
Other Title:	MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
ISBN	9781536215540

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