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If Lin Can : how Jeremy Lin inspired Asian Americans to shoot for the stars / Richard Ho ; illustrated by Huỳnh Kim Liên. and Phùng Nguyên Quang.

ISBN: 9781623543723
ISBN: 162354372X
Physical Description: 40 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Publisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2024]

Ho, Richard (Children's author),: (author.). Phùng, Nguyên Quang,: (illustrator.). Huỳnh, Kim Liên,: (illustrator.).

Summary:

This biography of basketball superstar Jeremy Lin is an anthem of Asian American pride that speaks to any child who feels underestimated or misunderstood. If Lin can, you can! Have you ever been told that you CAN’T? Growing up in the Bay Area, Jeremy Lin heard that over and over again. People made fun of his size and his race and wouldn’t give him a chance. But Jeremy persevered until he became the first Taiwanese American to play in the NBA. And when his big moment came, he seized it! Jeremy’s meteoric rise, dubbed "Linsanity," inspired the world and a whole generation of young Asian Americans. As author Richard Ho puts it, “Jeremy’s struggles were our struggles, so his triumphs were our triumphs. He made us believe that if he could succeed, so could we.”