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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"In the autumn of 1912, the football team from Carlisle Indian Industrial School took the field at the U.S. Military Academy, home to the bigger, stronger, and better-equipped West Points Cadets. Sportswriters billed the game as a sort of rematch, pitting against each other the descendants of U iers and American Indians who fought on the battlefield only 20 years earlier. But for lightning-fast Jim Thorpe and the other Carlisle players, that day's...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, in the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for the New York Giants. But despite his colossal skills, Thorpe's life was a struggle against the odds. As a member of the Sac and Fox...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This stunning photographic essay showcases Zion Clark's ferocious athleticism and undaunted spirit. It features striking, visually arresting images and an approachable and engaging text cowritten by New York Times best-selling journalist James S. Hirsch, including pieces of advice that have motivated Zion toward excellence and passages from Zion himself. The book explores Zion's journey from a childhood lost in the foster care system to his hard-fought...
5) Jesse Owens
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of track-and-field athlete Jesse Owens, from his childhood in Alabama and his family's move to Cleveland to his athletic career which culminated in his winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
205 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Former University of Florida star quarterback, 2010 first-round draft pick for the Denver Broncos, and devout Christian Tim Tebow tells the story of his faith, his life, and his career in football in Through My Eyes. Gives fans a first look into the heart of an athlete whose talent and devotion have made him one of the most provocative figures in football.
Author
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
254 p. : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Joe Kurmaskie--bike adventurer, writer, and twelve-year-old boy trapped in a manś body--wanders the world on two wheels, often with hilarious results, in Riding Outside the Lines. A jaunt through such far-flung locations as Ireland, Australia, Mexico, South America, and beyond, here is a collection of tales woven together with one central theme: the world is a much smaller place when you view it from the seat of a bicycle.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
On a May afternoon in 1943, an American military plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary sagas of the Second World War. The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini....
Author
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
vii, 328 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Joe Kurmaskie, dubbed the "Metal Cowboy" by a blind rancher he encountered one icy morning in Idaho, has been addicted to the intoxicating freedom and power of the bicycle ever since he "borrowed" his big sisterś banana-seat bike at the age of five. As he careened down the neighborhood hill, much to his parents ́dismay, Joe set in motion what has become a lifelong love affair with the road and the wheel. In Metal Cowboy, Joe offers up an infectious...
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