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Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- I am Jesse Owens [Ordinary people change the world]by Meltzer, Brad BTSB Prebound(Rocky Pond Books, 2024)Publication Date: 07/02/2024 BTSB #: 636292 Available Dewey: 796.42/BAges: 6-8 Lexile: 520 F&P: P Genres: Subjects: Owens, Jesse,|d1913-1980 African American track and field athletes - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Summary: Before Jesse Owens was an Olympic gold medalist, he was a poor kid in a big family. When his speed caught the eye of one of his high school teachers, he began to train seriously and his running took him all the way to the 1936 Olympics, where he was against fierce competitors and racist assumptions, breaking world records while winning medals. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 22.38 * 0.00 +- Katie Ledecky : swimming GOAT [GOAT: Women In Sports]by Rajczak Nelson, Kristen BTSB Prebound(Gareth Stevens, 2025)Publication Date: 08/01/2024 BTSB #: 738130 Available Dewey: 797.2/BAges: 8-12 Genres: Subjects: Ledecky, Katie,|d1997- Women swimmers - United States - Biography Swimmers - United States - Biography Women Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Summary: Katie Ledecky is the most decorated female swimmer ever, having won multiple Olympic medals for individual events, and has almost all of the world records for fastest 1500-meter freestyle ever. At just15 when Katie won her first gold medal at the Olympics! Readers follow Katie's journey from the local pool onto the world stage in this hi-lo volume. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 18.54 * 0.00 +- Mikaela Shiffrin : Olympic skiing legend [Sports Illustrated Kids Stars Of Sports]by Bolte, Mari BTSB Prebound(Capstone Press, 2024)Publication Date: 08/15/2023 BTSB #: 130849 Available Dewey: 796.93/BAges: 7-11 AR: 4.6 MG Genres: Subjects: Shiffrin, Mikaela Skiers - United States - Biography Women skiers - United States - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Women Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Summary: Raised in a skiing family, Mikaela Shiffrin seemed destined to be a skiing star from birth. In her very first Olympics, she became the youngest Olympic champion in her event. She would go on to compete in three more Olympic games. Learn about her journey to the Olympics, the challenges she faced, and how she has become an American Olympic skiing legend. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 25.83 * 0.00 +- Mikaela Shiffrin : Olympic skiing legend [Sports Illustrated Kids Stars Of Sports]by Bolte, Mari Paperback(Capstone Press, 2024)Publication Date: 08/01/2023 BTSB #: 130863 Available Dewey: 796.93/BAges: 7-11 AR: 4.6 MG Genres: Subjects: Shiffrin, Mikaela Skiers - United States - Biography Women skiers - United States - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Women Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Summary: Raised in a skiing family, Mikaela Shiffrin seemed destined to be a skiing star from birth. In her very first Olympics, she became the youngest Olympic champion in her event. She would go on to compete in three more Olympic games. Learn about her journey to the Olympics, the challenges she faced, and how she has become an American Olympic skiing legend. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.55 * 0.00 +- Simone Biles [She Persisted]by Magoon, Kekla Paperback(Philomel, 2023)Publication Date: 10/17/2023 BTSB #: 596701 Temp OS Dewey: 920/BAges: 6-9 Lexile: 770 F&P: S Genres: Subjects: Biles, Simone,|d1997- Women - Biography Gymnasts - United States - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography African Americans - Biography United States Summary: Simone Biles was raised by her grandparents and had to overcome many hardships as a child. After trying gymnastics for the first time on a field trip from elementary school, Simone continued with the sport, working hard and reaching professional levels. She persisted in the field and went on to become the most decorated US gymnast of all time. Through it all, she inspired kids everywhere to follow their dreams. Learn about the amazing life of Simone Biles and how she persisted. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 5.73 * 0.00 +- Sunisa Lee vs. Mary Lou Retton : who would win? [All-Star Smackdown]by Kelley, K. C. BTSB Prebound(Lerner, 2025)Publication Date: 08/01/2024 BTSB #: 512081 Available Dewey: 796.4409/CAges: 7-11 AR: 5 MG Lexile: 820 F&P: R Genres: Subjects: Lee, Sunisa,|d2003- Retton, Mary Lou,|d1968- Women gymnasts - United States - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Artistic gymnastics - History Summary: Sunisa Lee and Mary Lou Retton both captured the imaginations of gymnastics fans. But is one superstar Olympian better than the other? Explore their careers and decide which gymnast stands on top of the podium. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 26.58 * 0.00 +- Unbroken : an Olympian's journey from airman to castaway to captive by Hillenbrand, Laura Paperback(Ember, 2017)Publication Date: 04/25/2017 BTSB #: 445323 Available Dewey: 940.54/BAges: 12-16 AR: 6.4 UG Lexile: 850 Genres: Subjects: Zamperini, Louis,|d1917-2014 World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons - Japan Prisoners of war - United States - Biography Prisoners of war - Japan - Biography World War, 1939-1945 - American aerial operations Long-distance runners - United States - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Summary: An Olympian becomes an airman when World War II breaks out. When his plane crashes in the Pacific, he begins a journey driving him to the limits of endurance where he responds to desperation with ingenuity, to suffering with hope and humor, to brutality with rebellion. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 12.29 * 0.00 +- Who is Katie Ledecky? [Who HQ Now]by Buckley, James BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2024)Publication Date: 06/04/2024 BTSB #: 166513 Available Dewey: 797.2/BAges: 8-12 Lexile: 1000 F&P: T Genres: Subjects: Ledecky, Katie,|d1997- Women swimmers - United States - Biography Swimmers - United States - Biography Women Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Summary: Learn how a young girl who loved being in the water became one of the greatest Olympic swimmers of all time. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 15.49 * 0.00 +- Who is Michael Phelps? [Who HQ]by Hecht, Micah Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2024)Publication Date: 03/05/2024 BTSB #: 433787 Temp OS Dewey: 797.2/BAges: 8-12 AR: 6.2 MG Genres: Subjects: Phelps, Michael|d1985- Swimmers - United States - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Summary: Find out how a mischievous boy became a phenomenal swimmer and the greatest Olympian of all time. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 5.73 * 0.00 +- Who is Michael Phelps? [Who HQ]by Hecht, Micah BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2024)Publication Date: 03/05/2024 BTSB #: 433796 Available Dewey: 797.2/BAges: 8-12 AR: 6.2 MG Genres: Subjects: Phelps, Michael|d1985- Swimmers - United States - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Summary: Find out how a mischievous boy became a phenomenal swimmer and the greatest Olympian of all time. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 15.94 * 0.00 +- Who is Shaun White? [Who HQ]by Pryor, Shawn BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2024)Publication Date: 10/08/2024 BTSB #: 734490 Available Dewey: 796.93/BAges: 8-12 Lexile: 1050 F&P: T Genres: Subjects: White, Shaun,|d1986- Snowboarders - United States - Biography Skateboarders - United States - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Summary: Read about American skateboarder and snowboarder Shaun White's epic career. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 15.94 * 0.00 +- Wings of an eagle : the gold medal dreams of Billy Mills by Mills, Billy BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2024)Publication Date: 07/02/2024 BTSB #: 647378 Available Dewey: 796.4209/AAges: 4-8 Genres: Subjects: Mills, Billy,|d1938- Oglala Indians - Biography Long-distance runners - United States - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Summary: Billy Mills was once an orphan on the Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation. But before his father died, he told Billy how to conquer his suffering. You have broken wings, son. You have to dig deep below the anger, hurt, and self-pity. The pursuit of a dream will heal you. Inspired by his Indigenous ancestors who stood strong when the odds were against them and at times feeling like his wings were clipped, he adapted and overcame, finally earning his place at the 1964 Olympics. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 24.48 * 0.00 +- Work with what you got by Clark, Zion BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2023)Publication Date: 04/11/2023 BTSB #: 218221 Available Dewey: 796.812/AAges: 14-18 AR: 6.8 UG Lexile: 980 Genres: Subjects: Clark, Zion Wrestlers - United States - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Foster home care - United States - Biography People with disabilities - United States - Biography Summary: Zion Clark has always had big dreams for himself despite the many hardships he faced growing up as a Black disabled child in the foster care system of Ohio. His childhood years were marked by instability as he moved from home to home, experiencing abuse and neglect. And yet his determination and grit pushed him to become an elite wrestler and wheelchair racer. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- * Your Discounted Price You can't see me! 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