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Skywalking: How Ten Young Basketball Stars Soared to the Pros | Jeff Rud
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"Rud, who has a lively, engaging writing style which allows the 10 players to emerge as individuals, has selected his subjects well. They come from a variety of backgrounds, and, if the book has a message for adolescents, it is that there is no single path to a professional career in basketball. With each player, Rud shows how s/he overcame obstacles in order to play basketball professionally. Of the group, likely Canada's Steve Nash, the Vancouver Grizzlies' Shareef Abdur-Rahim, and the Toronto Raptors' Vince Carter will be the names with the highest reader recognition amongst average Canadian youth. Though hockey books may still dominate the sport shelves, definitely make a place for Skywalking. Highly Recommended." -Canadian Materials
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This biography illustrated by Jeff Rud is a great way to read about the childhood of NBA or WNBA superstars and how they got to be the phenomenal basketball players that they are. In this book you read about ten different basketball players who mastered in “Skywalking“ on the court. If you like books about basketball athletes with impressive verticals and work ethic the this is the book for you to read.

Riley.Mccloud The motif of this book is hard work and dedication. Nothing was given to these players they had to work to get to where they got. Like Allen Iverson coming out of jail and working hard to become an NBA sensation or “ Canadian Steve Nash beating the odds to become a pro hoops star“. All of these players have intriguing stories and I encourage you to read about them in Skywalking. 4y
MissYaremcio Nice work Riley! It sounds like an awesome book! 6/6 4y
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