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Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens

Author: , Illustrator: Janice Lee Porter

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...
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Ages: 8-10
Read time: 15-30 mins
AR LEVEL: 3.3
LEXILE©: 580L
Ages: 8-10
Read time: 15-30 mins

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