Little People Big Dreams: Dwayne Johnson

In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People Big Dreams series, discover the true story of Dwayne Johnson. For a time Dwayne and his mother lived in Grey Lynn, Auckland with his Samoan grandparents. Dwayne was an only child but in New Zealand he experienced multi-generational living with brothers, sister, aunties, uncles and everybody.

He went to Richmond Road Primary School, played rugby and still has family in New Zealand. Born into a family of Samoan and Black wrestlers, little Dwayne travelled with his parents and watched his family fight in the ring. Although, he much preferred the football field to wrestling! He trained hard and worked to become a football player, signing with the Calgary Stampeders as a linebacker.

But he was cut from the team after just two months. A natural athlete, Dwayne decided to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and decided to pursue professional wrestling. Taking on the persona of 'The Rock' as a wrestler in the WWE, he won 16 championships and millions of fans. After a huge wrestling career, he tried his hand at acting...

and today is one of the biggest film stars that Hollywood has ever seen! ISBN: 9780711281547 32 pages, 240 x 195 mm