Jesse Owens (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781575054872)

From the time he was a young boy on a farm in Alabama until he received his fourth Olympic gold medal in Berlin in 1936, all Jesse Owens wanted to do was run. Overcoming sickness, poverty, and racial discrimination, Jesse worked hard, shattered many track and field records, and earned countless medals and trophies. But perhaps his greatest and most important accomplishment came when he stood up to the hatred of Adolf Hitler and proved that the belief in the superiority of German athletes was false. This beautifully illustrated and simply told biography tells the inspirational story of a man with strength of spirit and heart.

Author: Jane Sutcliffe
ISBN-10: 1575054876
ISBN-13: 9781575054872
Publisher: First Avenue Editions (Tm)
Language: English
Published: 09/02/2000
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.24lbs
Size: 8.64h x 6.06w x 0.14d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 41944 / Jesse Owens


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2000 pg. 2153
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 399 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 399 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw