Champion
A LitRPG Adventure

Thank you to Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Press via Netgalley for my advanced reader copy! This story follows a teenaged aspiring NBA player Monk who is assigned by his coach to make a project focused on Kareem Abdul Jabbar. The catch is, instead of highlighting Jabbar’s basketball career, Monk must sho......more

ARC Review This graphic novel gives an honest look at Kareem’s life, not just the basketball greatness, but the journey of becoming. I learned enough from this book that sent me down a rabbit hole, of soliciting my boyfriend for further research help. It lowkey gave My Friend Martin vibes … yall rem......more

This is a graphic novel that will appeal to many high schoolers and middle schoolers. Despite the graphic novel medium, this is a very dense text with a lot of information. Invested readers will learn a lot, though some struggling readers may have a hard time as Monk gets into his research. I love t......more

The art knocked me off my feet. But the rest was rather lackluster. Obviously, the information presented is important, but I'm not sure the weak plot is the right vehicle to deliver it to its intended audience. It also feels self-aggrandizing (which isn't surprising from the guy who wrote like 5 mem......more

I absolutely adore sports graphic novels, especially when some of my favorite stars are involved with the making of them! Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has always been one of my favorite NBA players and this book really just puts him over the top. This is a book I know many of my basketball loving middle scho......more