- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Temple University Press; 1 edition (Mar 28 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1592134750
- ISBN-13: 978-1592134755
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,452,545 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Juette’s story follows his evolution from boy to man, from gang member to wheelchair athlete, and it’s a story of determination and inspiration that will touch everyone who reads it."—Booklist
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Melvin Juette has said that becoming paralyzed in a gang-related shooting was "both the worst and best thing that happened" to him. The incident, he believes, surely spared the then sixteen-year-old African American from prison and/or an early death. It transformed him in other ways, too. He attended college and made wheelchair basketball his passion - ultimately becoming a star athlete and playing on the U.S. National Wheelchair Basketball Team. In "Wheelchair Warrior", Juette poignant memoir is bracketed by sociologist Ronald Berger's thoughtful introduction and conclusion, which places this narrative of race, class, masculinity and identity into proper sociological context. While Juette's story never gives into despair, it does challenge the idea of the "supercrip".
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Wheelchair Warrior, Mar 19 2008
By Jeremy L. Lade - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Wheelchair Warrior: Gangs, Disability and Basketball (Hardcover)
Wheelchair Warrior is an eye-openeing portrayal of Melvin's fight through life, whether it be during his time as a youth involved in a gang or his rise to the top of wheelchair basketball. The book is inspirational for everyone who reads it because the adversity Melvin faces can be related to anyones everyday life. I enjoyed the book from cover to cover.
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