Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story
by Yoo, Paula
Asian/Pacific American Award for LiteratBiographies/AutobiographiesDaughters, Sons, & Nonbinary OffspringParents & Parental FiguresNCSS/CBC Notable Social StudiesCoop. Children's Book CenterOlympics & ParalympicsDiving
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AR Book Level
5.2
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
1,807
Interest Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
87481 EN
About this book
This inspirational true story tells how Sammy Lee, a Korean American, overcame discrimination to realize both his father's desire that he become a doctor and his own dream of becoming an Olympic champion diver.