.png "Library Home Page")
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
1080L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
English
Description
Jesse Owens' gold-medal winning feats at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin struck a mighty propaganda blow against Adolf Hitler. The Nazi leader had planned to use the German games as a showcase of supposed Aryan superiority. Instead, there was American black athlete Owens on the podium being photographed by Hitler's personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann. In addition, Owens would figure prominently in the groundbreaking film Olympia by Hitler's favorite...
3) Jesse Owens
Author
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Profiles the life and success of Olympic medalist Jesse Owens. Describes his poor childhood in Alabama and how he trained to become a world-record runner in the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, overcoming racism and Hitler's proclamation that Aryan people were superior.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
AD 880L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Jesse Owens' mother frequently told him, "Put your best foot forward." So Jesse followed her advice, worked hard, and made his dreams come true as one of the greatest Olympic champions of all time. But it wasn't easy, as Jesse had to overcome many obstacles. Even though World War II hadn't started yet, Adolf Hitler controlled Germany during the 1936 Olympics. He wanted to prove during the games that Germans were a superior "race" to other people of...
8) Second shot
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When fourteen-year-old Leggie LaGrande, star runner on the Bricklin Middle School track team, suffers a hamstring injury at the very start of the season, he figures his shot at the Junior Olympics is over--but his coach insists that even if he cannot run he can still compete in some other track and field event, so he finds himself working out at the shot put, competing with a new student whom he dislikes.
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 850L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
"Jesse Owens smashed records throughout his track and field career. In 1936, he made history at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. Owens won four gold medals, combating Adolf Hitler's message of Nazi superiority." --
13) Sunny
Author
Series
Track volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
159 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds. Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team--a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics. They all have a lot to lose, but they...
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
200 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans....
15) Women in sport
Series
Encyclopaedia of sports medicine volume 8
Publisher
Blackwell Science
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xii, 661 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
The participation of women in sports, whether it be professional or amateur, has increased dramatically over the past 20 years. The anatomy and physiology of the female athlete is unique and it is these aspects which are covered in this new volume in the Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine. Women in Sport provides and invaluable reference for those who deal with sportswomen of all abilities, both on a clinical and research level.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is 1970 in Red Grove, Alabama, and at Lu Olivera's school the white kids and black kids sit on different sides of the classroom. Six-grader Lu just wants to get along with everyone, but growing racial tensions will not let Lu stay neutral about the racial divide in school. Her old friends have been changing lately--acting boy crazy and making snide remarks about Lu's newfound talent for running track. Lu's secret hope for a new friend is fellow...
17) Running for my life: one lost boy's journey from the killing fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
229 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This is a story about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible with faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. Lomong chronicles his inspiring ascent from a barefoot lost boy of the Sudanese Civil War to a Nike-sponsored athlete on the US Olympic Team. He shares his commitment to keep moving forward and find God in each step.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Champion. Survivor. Hero. Legend. Completed just two days before Louis Zamperini's death at age 97, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In shares a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and humor from one of America's most inspiring lives. Zamperini's story has touched millions through Laura Hillenbrand's biography Unbroken, soon to be a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. Now, in his own words, Louis Zamperini reveals, with warmth and great charm, the...
19) Boundless
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
950L
Physical Desc
213 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Everything seemed set against Chaunte Lowe. Growing up with a single mother in Paso Robles, California, where she experienced food insecurity, homelessness, and domestic abuse, Chaunte couldn't imagine a future that offered a different sort of life. But then, one day, she turned on the TV and there was Flo Jo, competing in the Olympics and shattering records in track and field. Almost immediately, Chaunte knew what she wanted to do. She started running....
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xiii, 253 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Throughout his life, there was nothing Kyle Garlett hated more than losing, and he knew early on that four diagnoses of cancer could not match his spirit of competition. His appetite for victory and success and his love of life pushed him past his health hurdles-including a bone marrow transplant, hip replacement, and a heart transplant-and into the greatest challenge of his life: the Ironman Triathlon World Championship. Kyle tells his amazing life...
MNLINK Interlibrary Loan
Be sure you’ve looked in the “all libraries” option at the top of the page, and if you didn’t find what you need, try requesting it from another Minnesota library through MNLINK interlibrary loan (ILL). You’ll use the same barcode number and password for MNLINK as you do for the library catalog
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request
