Becoming Kareem

Fascinating story of a true sports and human legend. What a mensch!

I'm a barely casual basketball fan and knew basically nothing about him going into this book, but I really enjoyed the audiobook read by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar himself. The arc of the story is his academic and spiritual journey that lead him to claim his own name and the coaches (parents, teachers, actual sports coaches) that help him along the way. There's so much for teens to dig into here, even if they're not into sports, particularly his growing activism and spiritual/personal questioning. I know teen-me would have loved this book when I was on that journey myself. Will definitely be book talking this one!