Shooting Stars

LeBron James, Buzz Bissinger, Moe Irvin

eAudio - 2009

From basketball superstar LeBron James and Buzz Bissinger, Pulitzer Prize—winning author of Friday Night Lights, comes a poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including James’s ownThe Shooting Stars were a bunch of kids from Akron, Ohio–LeBron James and his best friends–who first met on a youth basketball team of the same name. United by their love of the game and their yearning for companionship, they quickly forged a bond that would carry them through thick and thin to the brink of a national championship. The Shooting Stars tasted glory when they qualified for a national championship tournament. But they lost their focus, and had to go home early. They promised each other they would stay toge...ther to win a national title. In the years that followed, they would endure jealousy, hostility, exploitation, and the consequences of their own overconfidence. Not least, they would all have to wrestle with... more