Joel Embiid: Basketball Star Shooter

by Cheryl Kim

Overview

Joel Embiid started playing basketball in his home country of Cameroon at age 15. He soon moved to the U.S. to play basketball and went on to become a star high school player. Embiid made his NBA debut in 2016 and was named to the All-Star Game in 2018. That same year, he became one of just seven players with 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, and 200 blocks in his first 100 games. Discover how Embiid overcame injuries to become one of the NBA’s brightest stars.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666347357
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2022
Series:	Sports Illustrated Kids Stars of Sports
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	880L (what's this?)
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Cheryl Kim is an elementary school teacher from California currently teaching at an international school in Thailand. When she's not teaching or writing, she enjoys playing and watching sports with her husband and sons.
Cheryl Kim is a second-grade teacher from California and the recipient of the 2020 SCBWI Kate Dopirak Craft and Community Award. Her debut nonfiction picture book, UP IN THE CLOUDS: THE KATHERINE SUI-FUN CHEUNG STORY, is forthcoming from Lee and Low Books, and she is also a writer for Capstone's Sports Illustrated for Kids Stars of Sports biography series.

Table of Contents

A Long-Awaited Debut 4

Chapter 1 Discovered 6

Chapter 2 Path to the NBA 12

Chapter 3 Trusting the Process 16

Chapter 4 Making History 20

Chapter 5 Beyond the Court 26

Timeline 29

Glossary 30

Read More 31

Internet Sites 31

Index 32

Interviews

In partnership with Sports Illustrated Kids, an elite sports magazine offering a kid-first perspective to 7+ million young sports fans;