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Two peas in a pod.
Best friends.
Above all: Sisters.

Venus and Serena Williams are two of the greatest tennis players of all time. Some say they are two of the greatest athletes of all time. Before they were world famous, they were little girls with big dreams.

Six days a week they awoke before the sun came up to practice their serves and returns, to learn to run faster and hit harder. They were unstoppable. At age fourteen, Venus played her first professional match. Three years later, it was Serena's turn. It wasn't easy. Some tennis fans cheered for these two fresh faces, while those who were unhappy to see two black girls competing in a nearly all-white sport booed and taunted them. But they didn't let it stop them.

This is the inspiring story of two athletes who were competitors on the court, but sisters above all.

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Lesa Cline-Ransome

Lesa Cline-Ransome

American
Lesa Cline-Ransome is best known for her picture books. Her most recent book, Before She Was Harriet, illustrated by James Ransome, received six sta... See more
James E. Ransome

James E. Ransome

American
James E. Ransome is the illustrator of many children's books, including The Creation, which won the Coretta Scott King award for illustrat... See more

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