Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez
Jesse Owens grew up during the time of Jim Crow laws, but segregation never slowed... read more
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Sports
Year Published 2006
Word Count 1,680
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 880L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 115197, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Athletes
- Owens, Jesse
- African American athletes
- Track and field athletes
- Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980
- Track and field athletes--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African American athletes--Biography
- African Americans
- Track and field athletes--United States--Biography
- African American athletes--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Sports & Recreation
- Athletes--United States--Biography
- United States
- Athletes--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- African Americans--Biography
- Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980--Juvenile literature
- African American track and field athletes--Biography
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