The life story of the young basketball player from Reston, Virginia, who played with the Detroit Pistons and made the 1995 NBA All-Star team. 

Grade 5-9. This Detroit Piston's rise to stardom is chronicled from his earliest basketball experiences through the 1995-96 NBA season. As he did in Bobby Bonilla (Walker, 1993), Rappoport conducted dozens of interviews and provides documentation for all of his sources. Hill was raised as an only child in an upper-class environment; his silver-spoon upbringing seems not to have negatively affected either his work ethic or attitude, as evidenced by the effort he puts into his game and the maturity he demonstrates both on and off the court. Because Hill is one of basketball's most popular stars, this account is sure to attract sports-minded readers, and this fast-reading, quote-filled account of his life will keep them interested. Black-and-white photos appear in an eight-page insert. Hill's career statistics are appended. Bill Gutman's Grant Hill (Millbrook, 1996) is a less substantial biography aimed at upper-elementary aged readers.?Tom S. Hurlburt, La Crosse Public Library, WI

Book details

• Format Hardcover
• Pages119 pages
• LanguageEnglish
• ISBN100802784569
• ISBN139780802784568