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1) Maryam's magic: the story of mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani

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2021

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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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The true story of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian girl whose creativity and love of stories helped her and the world see math in a new way, and who was the only woman ever to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious honor in mathematics.

2) Althea Gibson: the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl

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[2020]

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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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Althea Gibson was the quickest, tallest, most fearless athlete in 1940s Harlem. She couldn't sit still! When she put her mind to it, the fleet-of-foot girl reigned supreme at every sport--stickball with the boys, basketball with the girls, paddle tennis with anyone who would hit with her. But being the quickest, tallest, most fearless player in Harlem wasn't enough for Althea. She knew she could be a tennis champion. Because of segregation, black...