People in the News

Basketball phenomenon Derrick Rose grew up in Chicago, Illinois, learning the game from his three older brothers. By the time he entered high school, Rose was already on the radar of collegiate coaches. Supporting social studies and biography assignments, this informative edition takes readers from Rose''s childhood on Chicago''s South Side, through his high school career and college years with the University of Memphis Tigers, to his being selected first overall by the Chicago Bulls in the 2008 NBA Draft.