Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game
Published on 2. March 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-338-78965-2 (ISBN)
Description
An inspiring graphic memoir from celebrated athlete and
activist Colin Kaepernick.
High school star athlete Colin Kaepernick is at a crossroads in
life. Heavily scouted by colleges and Major League Baseball (MLB)
as a baseball pitcher, he has a bright future ahead of him. Everyone
from his parents to his teachers and coaches are in agreement
on his future.
Colin feels differently.
Colin isn't excited about baseball. In the words of five-time
all-star MLB player Adam Jones, 'Baseball is a white man's game.'
Colin looks up to athletes like Allen Iverson: talented, hyper-competitive,
unapologetically Black, and dominating their sports while
staying true to themselves.
College football looks a lot more fun than sleeping on hotel room
floors in the minor leagues of baseball. But Colin doesn't have
a single offer to play football. Yet.
Explores the story of how a young change-maker learned to find
himself and never compromise
Full-colour illustration throughout
A graphic novel memoir for readers 12 and up
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Young adult
Reading Age: From 12 to 16 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
278 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-338-78965-2 (9781338789652)
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Persons
Colin Kaepernick is a Super Bowl quarterback and New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who fights oppression globally. He founded the Know Your Rights Camp, which advances the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown people through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization, and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders. In 2019, he started Kaepernick Publishing to empower a new generation of writers and creators through the development and publication of meaningful works of all genres that focus on amplifying diverse views and voices. KaepernickPublishing.com
Dr. Eve L. Ewing is a sociologist of education and a writer from Chicago. She is the award-winning author of four books: the poetry collections Electric Arches and 1919, the nonfiction work Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side, and most recently a novel for young readers, Maya and the Robot. She is the co-author (with Nate Marshall) of the play No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks. She has written several projects for Marvel Comics, most notably the Ironheart series. Ewing is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. Her work has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and many other venues. Currently she is working on her next book, Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism, which will be published by One World.
Colombian artist Orlando Caicedo grew up eating arepas and drawing. After completing his BFA with a concentration in Illustration at the Atlanta College of Art, he decided to do that full-time. He's the winner of Stan Lee's POW Entertainment/Webtoon comic contest as well as the Mad Cave Studios talent search. His published work includes Webtoon's The Badguys and Pound, and Mad Cave Studios' Dryfoot. He worked in animation before shifting to comics on hit shows such as the Emmy Award winning Archer for FX and Frisky Dingo for Adult Swim. When not drawing comics, he can be found napping with his loving wife and new baby daughter. You can visit him online at www.ocaicedo.com.