Title Sakamoto's swim club : how a teacher led an unlikely team to victory / written by Julie Abery ; illustrated by Chris Sasaki.

Publication Info.	Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2021]
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Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department	J797.2 ABE	Check Shelf
Burlington Public Library - Children's Department	J797.2 ABERY	Check Shelf
Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department	J 797.2 ABERY	Check Shelf
Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department	J 797.2 ABE	Check Shelf
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Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 797.2 ABERY	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - New Children's Books	J-B SAKAMOTO, SOICHI	DUE 04-29-24
Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Biography	JB SAKAMOTO	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction	J B-SAKAMOTO ABE	Check Shelf
Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Children's Department	J797.2 ABERY	Check Shelf

Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page [40]).
Summary	"The true story of science teacher Soichi Sakamoto, who formed a champion swim club consisting of the Hawaiian and Japanese children of impoverished sugarcane workers in the 1930s. Without a proper pool to swim in, Sakamoto trained his team in irrigation ditches and coached the kids to swim against the natural current, building up the swimmers' strength and endurance. The team overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles and surged onto the national swimming scene, dominating events both in the United States and across the world. Almost lost to history, the sugar ditch kids' story is an inspiration to athletes around the world."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Sakamoto, Soichi, 1906-1997 -- Juvenile literature.
	Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England) -- Juvenile literature.
	Swimming coaches -- Hawaii -- Maui -- Juvenile literature.
	Swim teams -- Hawaii -- Maui -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Swimming -- Hawaii -- Maui -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Swimmers -- Hawaii -- Maui -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Japanese American children -- Hawaii -- Maui -- Juvenile literature.
	Maui (Hawaii) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Sakamoto, Soichi, 1906-1997.
	Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England)
	Swim teams -- Hawaii -- Maui -- History.
	Swimming -- Hawaii -- Maui -- History.
	Japanese American children -- Hawaii -- Maui.
	Swim teams.
	Swimming -- History.
	Maui (Hawaii) -- History -- 20th century.
	Japanese American children. (OCoLC)fst00981412
	Swim teams. (OCoLC)fst01140320
	Swimmers. (OCoLC)fst01140322
	Swimming. (OCoLC)fst01140328
	Swimming coaches. (OCoLC)fst01140367
	Hawaii -- Maui. (OCoLC)fst01239574
Genre/Form	Creative nonfiction. (OCoLC)fst01919909
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
	Biographies.
	Creative nonfiction.
	Informational works.
	Stories in rhyme.
	Poetry.
	Picture books.
Added Author	Sasaki, Chris (Illustrator), illustrator.
ISBN	9781525300318 (hardcover)
	1525300318 (hardcover)

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