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Who Was Jesse Owens?
(Who Was?)

Author
Illustrator
Gregory Copeland
Publication Date
August 11, 2015
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
Who Was Jesse Owens? (Who Was?)

Description
Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.
Publication date
August 11, 2015
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780448483078
Lexile Measure
880
Guided Reading Level
R
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Series
Who Was?
BISAC categories
JNF018010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JNF054110 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Olympics
JNF054140 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Track & Field
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