Fall 2025

Jesse Owens

Deportistas que marcaron una diferencia (Athletes Who Made a Difference)

From the Series Deportistas que marcaron una diferencia (Athletes Who Made a Difference)

  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 6
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

En el año 1936, Adolf Hitler intentó hacer de los Juegos Olímpicos en Berlín, Alemania, una vidriera para que se aprecie la superioridad nazi, con un estadio nuevo y la primera transmisión televisiva de los Juegos, pero no tuvo en cuenta al velocista y atleta de salto de longitud afroamericano James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens, que batió nuevos récords durante toda su carrera en el atletismo.

Owens ganó cuatro medallas doradas en las carreras de 100 m, 200 m, la carrera con relevos de 4 × 100 m y el salto de longitud, y trastocó la visión que tenía Hitler para los Juegos Olímpicos. A su paso, rompió o igualó nueve récords olímpicos y marcó tres récords mundiales. Con un estilo de no ficción gráfica, esta biografía lleva a los lectores desde los primeros años de Owen hasta sus triunfos históricos en el atletismo.

In 1936, Adolf Hitler attempted to make the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, a showcase of Nazi superiority with a new stadium and the first television broadcast of the Games. He didn’t account for African-American sprinter and long jumper James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens, who smashed records throughout his track and field career.

Owens turned Hitler’s Olympic vision on its head by winning four gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 4×100m relay and long jump. Along the way, he broke or equaled nine Olympic records and set three world records. In graphic nonfiction style, this biography takes readers from Owens’s early life to his historic athletic triumphs. Now in Spanish!

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Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 6
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Graphic Novels, Social Studies
Category Biography, Diverse Books: Race & Ethnicity, Diverse Books: Social Justice, Diversity, SEL: A Self-Awareness, SEL: B Self-Management, SEL: C Social Awareness, Social Emotional Learning, Spanish-Language, Sports
Copyright 2025
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Graphic Universe ™
Language Spanish
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2025-08-01
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS JNF062010, JNF062040, JNF054140
Dewey 796.42092 [B]
Dimensions 7 x 9
ATOS Reading Level 3.9
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Afterword, Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Original artwork, Source notes, and Table of contents

Note: Accelerated Reader® values are estimates.

Author: Blake Hoena

Blake Hoena has written more than one hundred books for children, including an original graphic novel series, Eek & Ack, and graphic novel retellings of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Peter Pan. Blake lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with his wife, two dogs, two cats, and hundreds of comics.

Illustrator: David Shephard

David Shephard is an illustrator who lives in the UK.