Becoming Kareem (WB)
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WB000678
ISBN: 9781549139574
Grade Level: 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade , 8th Grade
Genre: Autobiography / Biography / Memoir
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Title: Becoming Kareem- Growing Up On and Off the Court--(WB)
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9781549139574
SKU: WB000678
Release Date: 44348
Genre: Biography -Sports
Grade Level: 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade , 8th Grade
Language : English
Description : In his first memoir written especially for young readers, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will focus on his relationships with several important coaches in his life - including his father, his high-school coach and Coach Wooden - as he tells the story of his life and career. Like many kids in elementary school, Kareem (then Lew Alcindor) struggled with fitting in, pleasing a strict father, and severe shyness that made him socially awkward. Unlike most kids, he also had to grapple with a sudden growth spurt that shot him up taller than pretty much everyone around him, including students, teachers, and even his own father. His increasing fame as a basketball player throughout high school brought new challenges as this shy boy was shoved into the national spotlight. At the same time, social unrest in the country, particularly involving the growing civil rights movement, tugged at his conscience as he tried to find his place in it. After all, he was just a kid. What could he do? Recruited to UCLA, his fame as an unstoppable center made him a college superstar. But as his fame rose, so did the social turmoil in the country: Vietnam War protests, Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., large-scale riots, the Women's Movement. He could have hidden from all the turmoi(more...)
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9781549139574
SKU: WB000678
Release Date: 44348
Genre: Biography -Sports
Grade Level: 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade , 8th Grade
Language : English
Description : In his first memoir written especially for young readers, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will focus on his relationships with several important coaches in his life - including his father, his high-school coach and Coach Wooden - as he tells the story of his life and career. Like many kids in elementary school, Kareem (then Lew Alcindor) struggled with fitting in, pleasing a strict father, and severe shyness that made him socially awkward. Unlike most kids, he also had to grapple with a sudden growth spurt that shot him up taller than pretty much everyone around him, including students, teachers, and even his own father. His increasing fame as a basketball player throughout high school brought new challenges as this shy boy was shoved into the national spotlight. At the same time, social unrest in the country, particularly involving the growing civil rights movement, tugged at his conscience as he tried to find his place in it. After all, he was just a kid. What could he do? Recruited to UCLA, his fame as an unstoppable center made him a college superstar. But as his fame rose, so did the social turmoil in the country: Vietnam War protests, Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., large-scale riots, the Women's Movement. He could have hidden from all the turmoi(more...)
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