Boundless by Lowe, Chaunte 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Focus, 2023)

BTSB #: 588987 Available

Dewey: 796.43/AAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.3 MG Lexile: 950

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Subjects: Lowe, Chaunte,|d1984- African American women track and field athletes - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography Jumping - United States

Summary: World champion high jumper Chaunte Lowe pens the captivating story of her journey from an impoverished childhood full of big dreams and devastating hurdles, to becoming a bronze medal-winning US Olympian.

I am Jesse Owens [Ordinary people change the world]by Meltzer, Brad 

BTSB Prebound(Rocky Pond Books, 2024)

BTSB #: 636292 Available

Dewey: 796.42/BAges: 6-8   
Lexile: 520 F&P: P

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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.

Mikaela Shiffrin : Olympic skiing legend [Sports Illustrated Kids Stars Of Sports]by Bolte, Mari 

BTSB Prebound(Capstone Press, 2024)

BTSB #: 130849 Available

Dewey: 796.93/BAges: 7-11   
AR: 4.6 MG

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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.

Unbroken : an Olympian's journey from airman to castaway to captive by Hillenbrand, Laura 

BTSB Prebound(Delacorte Press, 2014)

BTSB #: 445353 Temp OS

Dewey: 940.54/BAges: 12-16   
AR: 6.4 UG RC: 8.6 9-12 Lexile: 850

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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.

Who is Michael Phelps? [Who Was?]by Hecht, Micah 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2024)

BTSB #: 433796 Available

Dewey: 797.2/BAges: 8-12   


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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.

Work with what you got by Clark, Zion 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2023)

BTSB #: 218221 Available

Dewey: 796.812/AAges: 14-18   
AR: 6.8 UG Lexile: 980

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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.