Sixteen Years In Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story

This was a good biography. It covered the life of a relatively unknown man who managed to accomplish great things through hard work and persistence. Not only did he achieve great things athletically, he did it despite racial barriers and he became a doctor in the process. Paula Yoo did a great job chronicling his life and writing an interesting narrative. The illustrations were tremendously detailed and expressive. A good biography to include in anyone's collection. ( )

The inspirational true story of Sammy Lee, a Korean American who overcame discrimination to realize both his father's desire that he become a doctor and his own dream of becoming an Olympic champion diver. ( )