TWICE AS GOOD:
The story of William Powell and Clearview, the only golf course designed, built, and owned by an African-American

Illustrated by Eric Velasquez

• 2012 USA Best Book Award Finalist Children’s Picture Book−Hardcover Non-Fiction
• 2012 Parents Choice Award
• 2012 Gelett Burgess Award
• Twice as Good teaches kids lessons - WWLP.com
• Writers Against Racism Interview - School Library Journal: Video Part 1 , Part 2
• WAMC Northeast Public Radio Interview
• Children Kissed by the Sun Interview

"Overcoming adversity, Bill [Powell] has written his own chapter in our Nation’s history … and set an important example for succeeding generations."
—President Barack Obama

Michelson has written a straight-forward narrative spiced throughout with inspirational thoughts. .. A useful title in which young readers can gain an appreciation of a ground-breaking African-American sports figure.
— Kirkus Review

Author Richard Michelson took the true story of a boy who refuses to take no for an answer concerning his dreams and makes it into a child-friendly story of perseverance in the face of racism.
—Terri Schlichenmeyer

An inspirational story.
—School Library Journal