Who Are Venus and Serena Williams?
by James Buckley, Jr. and Andrew Thomson • Part of the Who Was? What Was? Where Is? Series
The dynamic story of the Williams sisters, both top-ranked professional tennis players.... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Sports
- Cultural Area
- African American
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2017
Word Count 7,857
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 930L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 190627
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Physical Education
- Subject Headings
- African American women tennis players--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Williams, Venus, 1980---Juvenile literature
- Williams, Serena, 1981---Juvenile literature
- Tennis players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Sports & Recreation
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
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