Dreamer

Title
Dreamer

Personal Author EPSB
Akim, Aliu

Summary
Akim Aliu -- also known as "Dreamer" -- is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice. This is a gut-wrenching and riveting graphic novel memoir that reminds us to never stop dreaming, and is sure to inspire young readers everywhere.

Year Published
2023

Physical Description
118 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm

Awards
2026 Young Reader’s Choice Award YRCA Intermediate nominee

Personal Subject
Aliu, Akim, 1989--Comic books, strips, etc.

Subject
Hockey players -- Canada -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Black people -- Canada -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Racism against Black people -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Genre
Autobiographical comics.
 
Sports comics.
 
Nonfiction comics.

Added Author
Anderson-Elysée, Greg,
 
Vega, Karen de la,
 
Williams, Marcus (Comic book artist),

Summary
Akim Aliu -- also known as "Dreamer" -- is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice. This is a gut-wrenching and riveting graphic novel memoir that reminds us to never stop dreaming, and is sure to inspire young readers everywhere.

ISBN
9781338787610
 
9781338787603

Publisher
New York, New York : Scholastic, 2023.
 
©2023


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Brookside921 ALIBook30146000258991Teen