Shooting Stars

How Four Friends and I Brought a Championship Home

LeBron James

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Penguin USA
05 September 2023

Sports & outdoor recreation; Basketball

"The celebrated memoir from LeBron James - a poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including his own

""A book that will incredibly move and inspire you.""-Jay-Z

""A heartwarming story of boys who became men, teammates who became brothers, players who became champions, wonderfully told through the maturing eyes of basketball's greatest star."" - John Grisham

Before LeBron James was an NBA superstar, he was just a kid from Akron, Ohio, who loved to play basketball on a team called the Shooting Stars. This is the story of how this motley group of ten-year-olds grew into a team and became men together - surviving the challenges of inner city America and enduring jealousy, hostility, exploitation, and the consequences of their own overconfidence in their quest to win a national championship. Shooting Stars is a poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives."

By: LeBron James
Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 214mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 271g
ISBN: 9780593830444
ISBN 10: 059383044X
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 05 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

LeBron James plays for the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers. His superstardom is hard to overstate: at seventeen he was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated; at nineteen he became the youngest rookie of the year in NBA history; at twenty-three he was named the third highest paid athlete in the world (including endorsements), after Tiger Woods and David Beckham. In 2006–7 he led the Cavaliers to their first NBA finals ever and finished second place in the vote for the league’s most valuable player. In 2007–8 he became the youngest player in NBA history to score 10,000 points and topped the league in scoring. He was a key member of the U.S. men’s basketball team that won a Gold Medal in the 2008 Olympics. The Cavaliers finished the 2008–9 season with the best record in the NBA. They lost the Eastern Conference finals to the Orlando Magic, in which James scored 40 or more points in three of six games. He was also named the league’s most valuable player by a landslide. He is only the third man (and the first African American man) to appear on the cover of Vogue. He has hosted Saturday Night Live, graced Oprah’s stage, and appeared on the cover of Fortune.