Epic Athletes: Kevin Durant
$22.90
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
3 August 2021
Summary
In Epic Athletes: Kevin Durant, award-winning sports journalist Dan Wetzel tells the inspirational true-life story of an NBA superstar in this thrilling biography for young readers!
Featuring comic-style illustrations by Marcelo Baez!
In 2016, Kevin Durant shocked the basketball world when he decided to sign with the Golden State Warriors. Many questioned why one of the league’s best players would join a team that was already stacked with talent–didn’t he want to make a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250763495 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1250763495 |
| Author: | Dan Wetzel, Marcelo Baez |
| Publisher: | Square Fish |
| Imprint: | Square Fish |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 3 August 2021 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 136mm x 208mm |
| Series: | Epic Athletes |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
“Young hoop dreamers will find this a highly engaging read about one of today’s most skilled players.” –Kirkus
“Dan Wetzel offers a well-organized and very readable account of Durant’s youth as well as his stellar career.” –Booklist
“This detailed biography is full of play-by-play action sequences and illuminates Durant’s character, on and off the court. Young readers will find much to admire in Durant; the text’s pacing and sports-heavy details will keep them hooked until the final pages.” –School Library Journal
Praise for Epic Athletes:
A Junior Library Guild selection! (Epic Athletes: Stephen Curry and Epic Athletes: Alex Morgan)
“Wetzel knows how to organize the facts and tell a good story. His insights into high school, collegiate, and professional basketball, along with his use of well-chosen quotes from insiders, make this book an unusually informative and enjoyable sports biography for young readers.” –Booklist, starred review of Epic Athletes: Stephen Curry
Dan Wetzel
Dan Wetzel is a New York Times bestselling author and a national columnist for Yahoo Sports since 2003. He has covered major sporting events worldwide, including college football, the NFL, the MLB, the NHL, the NBA, the UFC, the World Cup, and the Olympics. He has been called America’s best sports columnist for years, has appeared repeatedly in Best American Sports Writing, and has been honored more than a dozen times by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Dan was recently inducted into the U.S. Basketball Writers Hall of Fame. He coauthored Glory Road with NCAA basketball coach Don Haskins (basis for the Disney movie of the same name) and several other sports memoirs.
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