Dwyane Wade / Michelle Hitchcock.
Material type: TextSeries: Blue banner biographyPublisher: Hockessin, Delaware : Mitchell Lane Publishers, [2016]Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781680200911 (library bound)
- 1680200917 (library bound)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Biography | Wade, D. H674 | Available | 33111008348357 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Dwyane Wade grew up on the South Side of Chicago where poverty, drugs, and gangs dominated the neighborhood. Thanks to the sacrifice of his sister Tragil, Wade's life too another path when she took him to live with his father. Basketball helped Wade and his father connect. Through the support and advice of Wade's basketball coaches during his youth, he became a better basketball player and a better man. Wade is the first NBA player to win full custody of his children. Wade ranks fatherhood first. The rest of his time is dedicated to his team the Miami Heat and his work with Wade's World Foundation.
Includes webography.
The bus ride -- Life lessons -- Coaching lessons -- Taking the Heat -- Wade's World -- Career statistics -- Awards and records -- Chronology -- Further reading -- Works consulted -- On the internet -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dwyane Wade grew up on the South Side of Chicago where poverty, drugs, and gangs dominated the neighborhood. Thanks to the sacrifice of his sister Tragil, Wade's life too another path when she took him to live with his father. Basketball helped Wade and his father connect. Through the support and advice of Wade's basketball coaches during his youth, he became a better basketball player and a better man. Wade is the first NBA player to win full custody of his children. Wade ranks fatherhood first. The rest of his time is dedicated to his team the Miami Heat and his work with Wade's World Foundation.