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Who Was Jesse Owens? (Who Was?)

Who Was Jesse Owens?
(Who Was?)

Author

Illustrator

Gregory Copeland

Publication Date

August 11, 2015

Genre / Grade Band

Non-fiction / 4^th − 5^th

Language

English

Who Was Jesse Owens? (Who Was?)

Paperback

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

James Buckley, Jr. has written more than 50 books for kids, including Who Was Ernest Shackleton?

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