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Marvelous Mabel: Figure Skating Superstar
Crystal Hubbard
Illustrator: Alleanna Harris
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
ISBN: 978-1-62014-956-0
Keywords: Figure Skating, 1920s, racial discrimination, homelessness
Orphaned at eight in 1923, Mabel Fairbanks taught herself to skate and became America's first Black figure skating star, Colorful evocative illustrations.