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The Champ: The Story of Muhammad Ali, by Tonya Bolden, R. Gregory Christie ill.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. 

Summary: The story of Muhammad Ali, from his days dodging rocks as a kid to his Olympic victories, to carrying the Olympic torch in '96.

Rating: 4Q, 5P

ISBN: 0375824014

Medium: Acrylic with colored pencil

Curricular Connections: Great for English, History, curriculum; independent reading

Age Group: 5th-7th Grades

Literary Device: Repetition: (Ali on the draft: "No I won't go! No I won't go!"), Rhyme: This might shock and amaze ya, but I'm gonna destroy Joe Frazer"

E.K. 7/29/09

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The Champ: The Story Of Muhammad Ali by Tonya Bolden, ill. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.

Cassius Clay becomes a boxer and eventually the heavyweight champ. He converts to Islam, changes his name to Muhammad Ali, but his title is taken away when he refuses to be drafted for Vietnam. He is victorious in his court appeals and resumes boxing for many years.

    - ISBN 0375824014

    - Media: acrylics, colored pencil

    - Rating: 4Q/4P

    - Literary Device: metaphor - "...he returned home to a hurricane of cheers." and "People called The Champ a river of nasty names."

    - Curricular Connections: Grades 5-8, Biography, Sports, Black History Month

DPower 7/15/09