The Game of My Life: A True Story of Challenge, Triumph, and Growing Up Autistic - Couverture rigide

Mcelwain, Jason; Paisner, Daniel

 
9780451223012: The Game of My Life: A True Story of Challenge, Triumph, and Growing Up Autistic
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ISBN 10 : 0451223012 ISBN 13 : 9780451223012
Editeur : New Amer Library, 2008

Synopsis

Book by McElwain Jason JMac Paisner Daniel

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Now in paperback: ?An impressive achievement...Not likely to be forgotten anytime soon.?(Washington Times)

Here is the riveting true story of Jason McElwain? better known as ?J-Mac??the autistic student who made headlines when he scored twenty points, including a school record six three-pointers, for his high school basketball team in 2006. Including the revealing perspectives of J-Mac?s family and coach, this is McElwain?s inspiring account of the challenges of growing up autistic?not only for himself, but for his family. It?s also the tale of his unlikely star turn, the difference it made in his journey through life?and all the heartbreaking and heart-lifting stops along the way.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jason "J-Mac" McElwain, a high-functioning autistic athlete, rose to fame on national news in 2006 when, during a high school basketball game, he scored 20 points in four minutes. He won the ESPY Award for the Best Moment in Sports in 2006, and appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, and Today.

Daniel Paisner is the author or coauthor of more than twenty bestselling books, including the New York Times bestsellers Last Man Down, with FDNY battalion chief Richard Picciotto; Book, with Whoopi Goldberg; and Mountain, Get Out of My Way, with Montel Williams.

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Éditeur
New Amer Library
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0451223012
ISBN 13 
9780451223012
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
243
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780451226198: The Game of My Life: A True Story of Challenge, Triumph, and Growing Up Autistic

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0451226194 ISBN 13 :  9780451226198
Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 2009
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