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How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee: (A Picture Book Biography of an African American Girl in the Era of Segregation - For Kids Ages 7-10 in Grades 2-5)

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A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

"This moving picture book portrays a girl who met injustice with dignity and excelled."—Booklist (starred review)

From a multi-award-winning pair comes a deeply affecting portrait of determination against discrimination: the story of young spelling champion MacNolia Cox.


MacNolia Cox was no ordinary kid.
Her idea of fun was reading the dictionary.

In 1936, eighth grader MacNolia Cox became the first African American to win the Akron, Ohio, spelling bee. An...