Sakamoto's swim club : how a teacher led an unlikely team to victory
by Abery, Julie (Author)
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"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... Full description
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Sasaki, Chris (Illustrator) (Illustrator)
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Sakamoto, Soichi, > 1906-1997 > Juvenile nonfiction.
Swim teams > Hawaii > Maui > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
Swimming > Hawaii > Maui > History > Juvenile nonfiction.