Beyond the Game: LeBron James

“With wide-spaced lines of text and attractive, digital illustrations in black and white, the books in this series will appeal to young readers with an interest in basketball and how some of its brightest stars are using their wealth and influence to improve the lives of others. This series’ dual purpose offers a refreshing shift of emphasis from the usual sports biographies.”–Booklist Reviews


“A portrait of the ‘best basketball player on the planet,’ focusing particularly on his off-the-court I PROMISE initiative… to his work with his hometown’s low-income families, his public protests in the wake of the killings of Trayvon Martin and other Black victims… LeBron is a charismatic figure in Hodge’s monochrome illustrations.”–Kirkus Reviews

New York Times bestselling author Andrew Maraniss writes sports and history-related nonfiction, telling stories with a larger social message. His first book, Strong Inside, received the Lillian Smith Book Award for civil rights and the RFK Book Awards’ Special Recognition Prize for social justice, becoming the first sports-related book ever to win either award. His young readers adaptation of Strong Inside was named one of the Top Biographies for Youth by the American Library Association and was named a Notable Social Studies Book by the Children’s Book Council. His acclaimed second book for kids Games of Deception was a Sydney Taylor Book Award Middle Grade Honor Recipient, a Junior Library Guild selection, and was praised by authors Steve Sheinkin and Susan Campbell Bartoletti. He is also the author of Singled Out- The True Story of Glenn Burke. Andrew is a contributor to ESPN’s sports and race website and is a visiting author at the Vanderbilt University Athletic Department.

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