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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Profiles the American basketball team in the 1936 Olympics in Nazi-controlled Germany. While Hitler considered the event little more than a chance to prove German athletic superiority, the Americans fought against a pervading belief that America should boycott the games, and rampant anti-Semitism both at home and abroad, succeeding against all odds. Discusses the team, the games they played, and their enduring legacy.
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Language
English
Description
In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and storm troopers looming, an African-American son of sharecroppers set three world records and won an unprecedented four gold medals, single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games is that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcends sports--but it is also the intimate and complex tale of the courage of one remarkable...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
Soon to be a major motion picture directed by George Clooney The #1 New York Times bestseller freshly adapted for the next generation. Inspiration for the PBS American Experience Documentary 'The Boys of '36' For readers of Unbroken At the center of the tale is Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, whose personal quest captures the spirit of his generation—the generation that would prove in the coming years that the Nazis...
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