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Michael Jordan: A Biography

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This book of Michael Jordan's life was a great. I tells how he got to be who he is today. Michael didn't havethat hard of a life when he was yuonger but when he went into high school at Laney a little high school in Wilmington he had problems because kids would make fun of his bald head and his big ears when he was around girls he liked. Then Michael starsted to jip class to practice on his basketball skills and that really effected his grades. Now its Michael's senior year and he doesn't think that any college recruits will look at him. But one coach gave him a chance to take a tour of the schooland see if Michael liked it. That coaches name was Dean Smith who was the basketball coach of the North Carolina Tarheels.Michael left from North Carolina in his junior year and entered the NBA draft and was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1st round and he was the 3rd pick overall. Michael Lead the the Bulls to 6 NBA titles later in his career and then retired after his 6th title.

I think that who ever reads this book will have a good time because it tells you how Michael Jordan grew up to become who he is today.

"Michael Jordan" is written by Chip Lovit and is one of the best sports biographies you will ever come to. The story starts with Michael Jordan from childhood, and goes on all the way to him slam dunking in the NBA. Michael Jordan is probably the greatest player to ever play in the NBA and Chip Lovitt did a great job of mixing his life story with interesting facts and stats. I couldn't stop reading this book and I strongly recommend it to people who love to read sports biographies and love Michael Jordan. I have read many sports biographies in the past but the book "Michael Jordan" by Chip Lovitt stands out as one of the best biogrpahies I have ever read.

Everything you wanted to know about Jordan's life, ... and more! Also some very interesting anecdotes and trivia!

"The Chicago Bulls," the announcer called out, "pick Michael Jordan of the University of North Carolina." Michael Jordan was born in a Brooklyn hospital on February 17, 1963. He then went to Laney High School, a school where his number and jersey would be retired. After high school, Jordan went to the University of North Carolina where he became the big man on campus after winning the college a NCAA championship in 1977. As a junior at UNC, Michael Jordan entered the NBA draft and was drafted to the Chicago Bulls. In the NBA, Jordan would be known as the leagues leading scorer and take his team to win many NBA championships. In 1999, Michael Jordan retired and would be known as a life long legend. I recommend that everyone who is familiar with Michael Jordan and the game of basketball read this book.
One reason why I recommend this book to people is because it gives you outstanding quotes that make you feel as though you were right there when something was said. For example, "I wasn't guarding him," Dennis Johnson said after the game. "No one was guarding him. No one can guard him." Also, "You could tell something magical was happening," said Michael's teammate, Orlando Woolridge." "He was incredible." In addition, "Mr. Jordan," the boy's father said. "Can I take a picture of you with my son?" With these quotes, you could imagine yourself being there right when it was said.
Another reason why I thought this book was fantastic is because it was very specific and used a variety of descriptive words. For instance, Michael hated losing, it was small consolation that he was named the top vote-getter in the balloting for the All-Star team with more than one million votes. Like the sentence, Michael was in great shape despite the fact that in the early part of his career was filled with fast-foods favorites like hamburgers and fried chicken. Last, Their opponent was the Georgetown Hoyas, a formidable team whose freshman center was future New York Knicks' star Patrick Ewing. Having good descriptive sentences help you to get a better understanding of the novel that you are reading.
The final reason why I believe that this book is wonderful is because it gives interesting facts about Michael Jordan. For example, Micheal Jordan chose the number twenty- three because he wanted to be half as good as his brother and his brother's number was forty-five. Also, he was intentionally fouled by many players who actually wanted to injure him. Last, Jordan was going to go to UVA and UCLA, but never got a response and decided to go play for Coach Dean Smith. After reading this book, I learned so much new information about the life of Michael Jordan.
I recommend that everyone read this book because it gives interesting facts, is very specific and used a variety of descriptive words, and gives outstanding quotes. If you read this book you could find out even more of Michael Jordan's thoughts and secrets. If you are familiar with the game of basketball and Michael Jordan, then you should read this book.


W.Claiborne

One of the most compelling books of all time in my opinion. Great for the kids and the adults too. I highly recommend this book to everyone. To sum up this book I belive that this s one of the best books I have ever read in my life. 5 stars!!!!

Michael Jordan was the greates plater in history of professional ball.As a youth in his home town of wilmington North Carolina,Jordan was cut when he tried out for the Laney High School Varisty team.He attended the univeristy of North Carolina in 1982 he secured the national colleigates chiampionship for his team with a game winning justshot in the couple of seconds at the finals contest of the NCAA tourments.You should read this to learn more about Michael Jordan.

By.Sean Dolan

This a great book. I loved it and i think i'll read it for a third time. The book was superb

I enjoyed this book because it's all about basketball and it's about when Michael Jordan retired and went to play minor-league baseball for the Chicago White Sox. I learned that there was a time when he didn't even like basketball when he was growing up (he liked baseball best). There are some color pictures of Michael Jordan. The author must be a fan of Michael's. Dylan Tischler, age 9

Michael is a boy that always listens.One day he got his father's ax and cut his toe .When he got big and got accepted on the chicago bull team he got excited for the news.
I was shocked because he didn't respect his father.I think that it is a good book to read because it is of basket ball.
I recommend it to anybody who likes to read about basket ba

This book talks about Michael Jordans life a lot. So that why I like it