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Giannis : the improbable rise of an NBA MVP / Mirin Fader.
"As the face of the NBA's new world order, Giannis Antetokounmpo has overcome unfathomable obstacles to become a symbol of hope for people all over the world, the personification of the American Dream. But his backstory remains largely untold, and Fader unearths new information about the childhood that shaped "The Greek Freak"--from sleeping side by side with his brothers to selling trinkets on the side of the street with his family to the racism he experienced in Greece. Antetokounmpo grew up in an era when Golden Dawn, Greek's far-right, anti-immigrant party, patrolled his neighborhood, and his status as an illegal immigrant largely prevented him from playing for Greek's top clubs, making his rise to the NBA all the more improbable. Fader tells a deeply-human story of how an unknown, skinny, Black-Greek teen, who played in the country's lowest pro division and was seen as a draft gamble, transformed his body and his game into MVP material."--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780306924125
- ISBN: 0306924129
- Physical Description: xvi, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-369) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Hunger -- Dreaming -- Stateless -- Found -- America -- Lonely -- Hope -- Reunited -- Mean -- Star -- Loss -- Identity -- Freak -- MVP -- Home. |
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| Subject: | Antetokounmpo, Giannis, 1994- Basketball players > Greece > Biography. Athletes, Black > Greece > Biography. Milwaukee Bucks (Basketball team) |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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| Altoona Area Public Library | 796.323092 FAD (Text) | 33240004940139 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Dalton Community Library | 92 ANTETOKOUNMPO (Text) | 50689090005553 | Browsing | Available | - |
| Highland Community Library | B GIA (Text) | 35610000986906 | HGHM Biography | Available | - |
| Juniata County Library | 92 ANTETOKOUNMPO (Text) | 39640100620945 | JUNM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Lower Macungie Library | BIO ANTETOKOUNMPO (Text) | 33400001523391 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Martin Library | Teens 796.323 FAD Nonfiction (Text) | 33454005648712 | Teen Area | Available | - |
| RPL - Northeast Branch | Bio Giannis (Text) | 33223008823139 | Biography | Available | - |
| Reading Public Library RPL - Main | Bio Giannis (Text) | 33223008715665 | Biography | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Main Library | B ANTETOKOUNMPO (Text) | 33062009527525 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Easton Main Library | ANTETOKOUNMPO (Text) | 31901004538171 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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