Change the game : a graphic novel
Call Number
- GRAPHIC NOVEL KAEP TEEN (CEN, EAS, OSH, POW)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2023.
Physical Description
132 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Audience
08 to 12.
Summary
High school star athlete Colin Kaepernick is at a crossroads in life. Heavily scouted by colleges and MLB as a baseball pitcher, he has a bright future ahead of him as a highly touted prospect. Everyone from his parents to his teachers and coaches are in agreement on his future. Colin feels differently. Colin isn't excited about baseball. In the words of five-time all-star MLB player Adam Jones, "Baseball is a white man's game." Colin looks up to athletes like Allen Iverson: talented, hyper-competitive, unapologetically Black, and dominating their sports while staying true to themselves. College football looks a lot more fun than sleeping on hotel room floors in the minor leagues of baseball. But Colin doesn't have a single offer to play football. Yet. This touching graphic novel explores the story of how a young change-maker learned to find himself and never compromise. How the right decision is very rarely the easy one, but taking the road less traveled can make all the difference in the world.
Subjects
- Quarterbacks (Football) > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
- African American football players > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
- African American athletes > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Kaepernick, Colin, 1987- > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Kaepernick, Colin, 1987- > Childhood and youth > Comic books, strips, etc.