Shooting Stars By Lebron James And Buzz Bissinger

The book ‘Shooting Stars’, is and autobiography written by Lebron James and Buzz Bissinger, provided a fantastic read. Published in 2009, the book briefly covered Lebron’s early life while spending the majority of the time covering his teen years. The reader is informed about the struggles that Lebron and his single mother faced through his early years. He had to move houses often due to financial circumstances and thus found it hard to make friends. James soon found a passion for basketball and formed a strong bond with his 4 best friends: Dru Joyce the 3rd, Romeo Travis, Sian Cotton and Wille McGee. They combined to create ‘The Fab 5’ and began on a journey to win the ‘National Championship’. They began to feel invincible as a result of†¦show more content†¦This lead to him being desperate for companionship. Before long he found all the companionship he needed. For the majority of the time that Dru Joyce the 3rd was friends wit h Lebron he was really small. He made up for his small size by being a loyal and hardworking friend, not to mention the fact that he had the heart of a lion and wouldn’t back down from anyone. ‘The kind of kid who would take on anybody, no matter what their size, if he thought he was being insulted’, is one quote used to describe him. Sian on the other hand was huge. ‘Fearless and a little bit of a renegade on the inside, a natural-born intimidator.’ His incredible size was exceptionally intimidating and he was rather rebellious. Even though most people were scared of him he was extremely loyal to his friends. Wille was unlike any of Lebron’s other friends due his increased level of maturity obtained at a young age. ‘If someone was about to do something silly or stupid, it was Wille who would say, â€Å"Hey, we’re not getting into that.† There was a maturity to him.’ He had come from a broken home and the drug fille d streets of Chicago. Both his parents were addicted to crack-cocaine and he was cared for by his older sister. His sister began to realise that before long Wille would be tempted by the easy drug money and that he needed to get out of Chicago. She decided to send Wille to his older brother in Cleveland, a choice that changed his life forever. Wille met Lebron,