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Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court

by Raymond Obstfeld
ABDUL-JABBAR, Kareem & . 304p. Little, Brown. Nov. 2017. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9780316555388.
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Gr 7 Up—In this young readers edition, legendary basketball star Abdul-Jabbar, born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., reflects on his life from childhood to school to the basketball court, shedding light on the experiences and people who helped shape him into the man he became and discussing how his search for peace, meaning, and fulfillment led him to Islam.
Reviewed by Staff , May 01, 2019

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