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Becoming Muhammad Ali

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By James Patterson Kwame Alexander
Publisher Little, Brown
Becoming Muhammad Ali
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Description From two heavyhitters in childrens literature comes a critically acclaimed biographical novel of cultural icon Muhammad Ali.*This utterly delightful story about Alis childhood is a smash hit. School Library Journal (starred review) Five starred reviews! Before he was a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any other. Kwame Alexander and James Patterson join forces to vividly depict his life up to age seventeen in both prose and verse, including his childhood friends, struggles in school, the racism he faced, and his discovery of boxing. Readers will learn about Cassius family and neighbors in Louisville, Kentucky, and how, after a thief stole his bike, Cassius began training as an amateur boxer at age...

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21930 words21,930 words
320 pages320 pages
Lexile 1010L Lexile 1010L
Published 2020Published 2020

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Book ISBN:

9780316498180

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