Title A star like Jesse Owens / by Nikki Shannon Smith ; illustrated by Lisa Manuzak Wiley.

Publication Info.	North Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone, [2021]
	©2021

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department	JB OWENS JESSE	Check Shelf

Description	63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Series	Smithsonian historical fiction
Audience	Ages 8-11. Stone Arch Books.
	Grades 4-6. Stone Arch Books.
Summary	Matthew, a young African American with asthma who dreams of becoming an Olympic runner like his hero, Jesse Owens, accompanies his journalist father to the 1936 Olympics in Germany.
Subject	Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980 -- Juvenile fiction.
	Track and field -- Juvenile fiction.
	Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany) -- Juvenile fiction.
	African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
	Racism -- Juvenile fiction.
	Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Juvenile fiction.
	Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980. (OCoLC)fst01435254
Genre/Form	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Fiction.
Added Author	Wiley, Lisa (Manuzak Wiley), illustrator.
Other Form:	Online version: Smith, Nikki Shannon, 1971- A star like Jesse Owens. North Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone, [2020] 9781496598653 (DLC) 2020021479
ISBN	9781496598615 (hardcover)
	149659861X (hardcover)
	9781496598691 (hardcover)
	1496598695 (hardcover)
	9781496598653 (pdf)

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