LeBron James

LeBron James, arguably the best basketball player to ever play the game, has had one of  the most succesful careers at just the young age of  of 25. In this book LeBron James is born into a very poor family with  no father. Luckily, his mother meets a man named Eddy Jackson, Eddy is very caring and he cares a lot about LeBron. As LeBron gets older his family moves and moves and then moves again and at age 7 his grandma, Gloria, dies. After shes dies the James house is destroyed and they find a new home with friends and with family. Finally at age 12 LeBron and Gloria find a permenant home and young LeBron begins to play organized sports. LeBron, being extremely authletic was not just the best player on his basketball team but was also a football star, in fact many say that football was his best sport. As LeBron got older, Gloria struggled to raise him to he went to live with family friends. Missing 81 days of school in 4th grade with Gloria, he missed 0 days of school with his new family. As LeBron entered high school he moved back in with his mom. LeBron attended St Mary-St Vincent Academy, a school highly comitted to academics and not known for sports, but Lebron and his friend "lil" dru, Sian, and Willie changed that. The "fab" five brought the school 3 state titles in the division 5A. LeBron James's career continues with the Miami Heat.