Grant Hill: Humble Hotshot (Sports Achievers Series) [Library Binding]

Jeff Savage (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Sports Achievers Series

A biography of the Duke University basketball star who went on to become co-Rookie of the Year with the Detroit Pistons in the 1994-95 season.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-7. Savage gives an overview of his subject's life from his childhood through his 1995-96 basketball season as a member of the Detroit Pistons. An account of his 1996 Summer Olympic experience is not included. Plenty of photographs, mostly in full color, appear throughout the book, and the athlete's college and professional career statistics are appended. While the text contains many quotes, documentation consists merely of an alphabetical listing of sources, mostly newspapers and magazines, from which the information was drawn. Although the writing style is quite flat, readers will obtain some interesting tidbits about Hill's upbringing. His regimented high school years included no parties, dances, or phone calls during the week, and limited TV viewing. Serviceable though unremarkable, this book is similar in content to Bill Gutman's Grant Hill (Millbrook, 1996). Ken Rappoport's Grant Hill (Walker, 1996) is a meatier, fully documented biography aimed at middle schoolers.?Tom S. Hurlburt, La Crosse Public Library, WI
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Library Binding: 64 pages
• Publisher: Lerner Pub Group (L) (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822528932
• ISBN-13: 978-0822528937
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,309,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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