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Lebron raymone james was born on december 30th, 1984, in the city of akron, ohio. As the starting squad for this catholic high schools team, they named themselves the fab five after the 1991 university of michigan team. From the ultimate teambasketball superstar lebron james and buzz bissinger, pulitzer prize winning author of friday night lights and three nights in augusta poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including jamess own the shooting stars were a bunch of kidslebron james and his best friendsfrom akron. Before lebron james became one of the biggest stars in the nba, he was just a kid from akron, ohio. Lebron james shooting stars talks life, loyalty and the chosen. The shooting stars were a bunch of kids from akron, ohiolebron james and his best friendswho first met on a youth basketball team of the same name when. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Lebron james books list of books by author lebron james. Lebrons dream team by lebron james, buzz bissinger.
Published in 2009, the book briefly covered lebrons early life while spending the majority of the time covering his teen years. James, the highestpaid athlete including endorsement deals in the nba, turns to bissinger friday night lights to tell the story of his meteoric rise as a hi. The shooting stars were a basketball team james played on in middle school. With his new book, shooting stars, lebron james takes. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
From the ultimate teambasketball superstar lebron james and buzz bissinger, pulitzer prizewinning author of friday night lights and three nights in. Now 24, james looks back on his youth in the memoir shooting stars, which he cowrote. In shooting stars, a bighearted but uneven memoir, james shifts the spotlight to his high school teammates. Universal adapting lebron james autobiography on his life in akron. The book shooting stars by lebron james and buzz bissinger is an inspirational book about perseverance, racism, friendship, and the love of basketball. The book shooting stars is the story lebron james and his high school basketball teammates known as the fab five. Published in 2009, the book explores james early life in akron, ohio, and his sports origins on the amateur athletic union team after which the book is named. United by their love of the game and their yearning for companionship, they quickly forged a bond that would carry them through thick and thin a lot of thin and, at last, to the brink of a national championship.
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Shooting stars has 3 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. With emphasis on being true to oneself and ones teammates, shooting stars is a classic study of how sports helps innercity youths become disciplined, contributing young men on the verge of winning a national championship. The shooting stars were a bunch of kids from akron, ohio lebron james and his best friends who first met on a youth basketball team when they were ten and eleven years old. The coauthors dramatically recreate the minutebyminute highlights of key games in st. Lebron james s most popular book is shooting stars. I am in no way affiliated with other companies included in the video. The shooting stars were a bunch of kidslebron james and his best. Shooting stars audiobook by lebron james 9781101079553. The book describes the team lebron played with as a young child, the shooting stars, and the lifelong bonds he forged there. Shooting stars by lebron james, buzz bissinger kirkus. The book shooting stars, is and autobiography written by lebron james and buzz bissinger, provided a fantastic read. From the ultimate teambasketball superstar lebron james and buzz bissinger, pulitzer prizewinning author of friday night lights and three nights in augusta poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including jamess own the shooting stars were a bunch of kidslebron james and his best friends.
Today, cretins, were joined by deadspin provocateur and bestselling author buzz bissinger to discuss shooting stars. Shooting stars by lebron james and buzz bissinger bartleby. Shooting stars by lebron james, buzz bissinger 9781594202322. It was published by penguin press and has a total of 272 pages in the book.
When i first saw lebron james play as a professional, it was his selflessness that dazzled me the most. The inspirational heart of the book is james and his teammates gutsy performance in the face of the tornadolike media frenzy. Chris robinson to direct lebron james biopic for universal. Listen to shooting stars by lebron james, buzz bissinger. Buy shooting stars first printing by james, lebron, bissinger, buzz isbn. Universal is adapting the lebron james novel shooting stars, about the pro basketball players life, into a motion picture with chris robinson on board to direct. United by their love of the game and their yearning for companionship, they quickly forged a bond that would carry them through thick and thin a lot of thin and, at last, to the brink of a. Shooting stars audiobook by lebron james, buzz bissinger. Juel taylor and tony rettenmaier wrote the script, based on shooting stars, the book james wrote with friday night lights author buzz bissinger. But they were lessons he didnt find in any text book. Themes such as money, loyalty, trust issues and insecurities. Listen to shooting stars by lebron james available from rakuten kobo. The shooting stars were a bunch of kids lebron james and his best friends from akron, ohio, who first met on a youth basketball team of the same name when they were 10 and 11 years old.
Shooting stars is the story of lebron james and his four boyhood friends in aaron growing in friendship and basketball on their way to three ohio championships and one national championship. Shooting stars is a book about lebron james and his rough childhood and how he overcame adversity to get to the place where he is now. The authors purpose for writing this book was to entertain the reader and give the views of lebron james and the fab five as they were known as in their high school days at st vincentst. The book is meticulously detailed on characters, games, and just every situation in lebrons highschool days, but i wish the book went on past his graduation. Posted jul 22, 2009 by bill livingston, the plain dealer. The summer of lebron continues this week as shooting stars, coauthored by lebron and buzz bissinger, hits shelves today. Lebron james plays for the nbas cleveland cavaliers. Lebron was the only child of a single mother 1984, at age 16, grew up without a father and had moved over a dozen times by the age of ten. Basketball player lebron james is getting a biopic, with director chris robinson adapting his autobiography shooting stars into a feature film for universal pictures. The title is taken from the junior aau team that first brought them to the attention of the basketball world. Lebron james has 11 books on goodreads with 1792 ratings. Shooting stars book by lebron james 3 available editions. Shooting stars audiobook written by lebron james, buzz bissinger.