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Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-

Becoming Kareem : growing up on and off the court / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld. - 1st ed.: November 2017. - New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2017. - xii, 289 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

School Library Journal starred, November 2017 Booklist starred, November 2017 Kirkus Starred, November 2017 Horn Book, November 2018 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2017 Library Journal web only, February 2018

"An autobiography about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his life growing up in New York, becoming the basketball star he's known to be, and getting involved in the world around him as an activist for social change"--Provided by publisher.

6.3. Young Adult Follett Content Solutions. 990 Lexile.

ISBN: 9780316555388

LCCN: 2017036942

Subjects--Personal Names:
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- --Juvenile literature.
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Basketball players--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Social reformers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Basketball players.
Social reformers.
African Americans--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Autobiographies.

LC Class. No.: GV884.A24 / A3 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 796.323/092 B