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âCaptures the excitement that Ali created in a generation of young African Americans, who found in the brash, young boxer a new kind of hero.â âBooklist Includes photos From his childhood in the segregated South to his final fight with Parkinsonâs disease, Muhammad Ali never backed down. He was banned from boxing during his prime because he refused to fight in Vietnam. He became a symbol of the antiwar movementâand a defender of civil rights. As âThe Greatest,â he was a boxer of undeniable talent and courage. He took the world by stormâonly Ali could âfloat like a butterfly, sting like a bee.â From a New York Timesâbestselling author and winner of numerous awardsâincluding the Michael L. Printz Award, Newbery Honors, a Caldecott Honor and five Coretta Scott King awardsâthis is an inspiring biography of Ali, Olympic gold medalist, former heavyweight champion, and one of the most influential people of all time. âMyers interweaves fight sequences with the boxerâs life story and the political events and issues of the day. He doesnât shy away from reporting on the brutality of the sport and documents the toll it has taken on its many stars . . . Myersâs writing flows while describing the boxing action and the legendâs larger-than-life story.â âSchool Library Journal |
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