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Change the Game

By: Colin Kaepernick, Eve L. Ewing
Narrated by: Colin Kaepernick, Sean Corvelle, Piper Goodeve, Gabriel Vaughan, Shayna Small, Marcella Cox, Emily Bauer, JD Jackson, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Kevin T. Collins, Josh Hurley, Landon Woodson, Michael Crouch, Mia Jenness, full cast
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Publisher's summary

High school star athlete Colin Kaepernick is at a crossroads in life. Heavily scouted by colleges and MLB, he has a bright future ahead of him as a highly touted baseball pitcher. Everyone—from his parents to his teachers and coaches—is in agreement about his seemingly clear path. Except Colin feels differently.

Colin isn’t excited about baseball. In the words of five-time all-star MLB player Adam Jones, “Baseball is a White man’s game.” Colin looks up to athletes like Allen Iverson: talented, hyper-competitive, unapologetically Black, and dominating their sports while staying true to themselves. College football looks a lot more fun than sleeping on hotel room floors in the minor leagues of baseball. But Colin doesn't have a single scholarship offer to play football. Yet.

Change the Game is an audio adaptation of celebrated athlete and activist Colin Kaepernick’s YA graphic memoir, where he looks back on a pivotal decision he faced as a baseball pitcher during his senior year of high school. Narrated by Colin Kaepernick, this audiobook features a stellar cast including Jaden Michael (Colin in Black and White).

This touching story explores how a young change-maker learned to find himself and never compromise. How the right decision is rarely the easy one, but taking the road less traveled can make all the difference in the world.

Narrators:

  • Colin Kaepernick
  • Sean Corvelle
  • Piper Goodeve
  • Gabriel Vaughan
  • Shayna Small
  • Marcella Cox
  • Emily Bauer
  • JD Jackson
  • Joniece Abbott-Pratt
  • Kevin T. Collins
  • Josh Hurley
  • Landon Woodson
  • Michael Crouch
  • Mia Jenness
  • Brady Jenness
  • Ian Hackney
  • Khristine Hvam
  • L.J. Ganser
  • Jaden Michael
  • Nile Bullock
  • Melanie Nicholls-King

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©2023 Kaepernick and Johnson (P)2023 Audible Originals, LLC.
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About the Creator - Colin Kapernick

About the Creator and Performer

Colin Kaepernick is a New York Times bestselling author and Super Bowl quarterback who fights oppression globally. He founded the Know Your Rights Camp in 2016 to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown people through education, self-empowerment, mass mobilization, and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders. In 2019, he established Kaepernick Publishing to elevate a new generation of writers and creators through the development and publication of meaningful works of all genres with the focus of amplifying diverse views and voices.

About the Performer

Jaden Michael has captured the attention of Hollywood as a young star on the rise. Jaden will next be seen as the lead role of 'Mickey' in the Amazon series Shelter, based on the bestselling Harlan Coben book trilogy. Last year, he charmed audiences as the role of ‘Young Colin Kaepernick’ in the Netflix miniseries Colin in Black and White, produced and directed by Ava Duvernay. His work in the project garnered rave reviews and he was named one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch in 2021. Previously he starred in the Netflix feature Vampires V the Bronx, produced by Lorne Michaels. He also had a strong supporting role in Wonderstruck for Amazon, directed by Todd Haynes, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2017. Some additional notable credits for Jaden include a recurring role on season one of Baz Luhrmann’s critically acclaimed series The Get Down (Netflix), and a costarring role in indie feature drama Custody alongside Viola Davis, Hayden Panettiere, and Ellen Burstyn. Custody premiered worldwide at the 2016 TriBeCa Film Festival. He has also worked alongside Adam Driver in Jim Jarmusch’s film Patterson, which was featured at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016. From a young age Jaden has also done remarkable work for children’s advocacy organization UNICEF, as well as participating in the United Nations’ summit as a voice for young people across the world.
Photo credit: Osvaldo Ponton.

About the Performer

Marcella Cox is an exciting actress in the scene of audio work. Graduating from Rutgers University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts a year ago, she's hit the ground running recording more than 10 since graduation. She resides in New York City where she's continuing to bring joy to others through her work. Some of those books include Tiffany D. Jackson’s White Smoke, Jayne Allen’s Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series as well as an upcoming project with Disney soon to be announced. In addition to her work as a narrator, Marcella has worked professionally as an actor appearing in two nationwide commercials with Honey Nut Cheerios as well as Nerd Wallet, and performed at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey with it production of Comedy of Errors. She’s excited for what the future has to offer her, and it’s upwards and onwards from here!

About the Performer

Piper Goodeve is an actress and audiobook narrator based in NYC and Vermont. An Audie Award and Earphones Award winning narrator, she has recorded over 250 titles for major publishers such as Audible Studios, Penguin Random House, Macmillan, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, and Tantor, as well as for indie authors. On stage, Piper has appeared in regional theaters across the country, Off-Broadway, and Canada, including the McCarter, Syracuse Stage, and the Weston Playhouse, and earned a Drama League Award nomination for Distinguished Performance for creating the role of Anne in Anne of Green Gables (Off-Broadway/Original Cast Recording. She also recently recorded the audiobook of the classic novel for Thomas Nelson/Harper Collins Christian.) Piper holds an MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep.

About the Performer

Gabriel Vaughan has been narrating audiobooks for over 10 years and has recorded over 250 titles. Gabriel grew up in New England without a television at home and spent a lot of time listening to "books on tape," so narration has always felt like coming full circle. He and his wife and fellow narrator, Piper Goodeve have narrated over 50 dual-cast titles together. He has a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and is a classically trained actor studying in London at the British American Drama Academy. He is a founding member of the Tennessee Shakespeare Company and a member of the performers unions SAG-AFTRA & AEA. Gabriel won an Audie Award for narration in 2015 and was a finalist again in 2016, 2021, and 2023.

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Colin becomes the man !

Interesting story about an American who lived the dream and went on to do amazing things academically and professionally.

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Finding Yourself

Colin writes an interesting story of growing up black while he faces the decisions of a future in baseball or football beginning in college. It took me a while to catch on because his life was very different than mine. But I’m glad I kept listening to the audio book because it is well done and it’s a good story and I learned a lot.

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Very Interesting!

I story is a very good one for those of us with color in different environments. I think that he explains the journey very nicely and he clearly expressed the desire to be independent and not held back.

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Makes sense

I understand how he could make the statement he made with 1knee. Unbelievably courageous man

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Great story

I loved this story. I’m going out to get the physical copy. Hope there are plans for a second book.

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Expect the Unexpected

Although I watched the television documentary, this book added some unexpected turns. The narrations were good but most importantly, this book shed some light on somethings that I didn't understand; the struggles of muli-racial identity as well as being raised by families unlike oneself. Very nicely done.

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Interesting

Wasn't what I expected. I didn't know what this short Audible was going to be. But there's definitely a message here. Cool that Colin shared some life experiences when he was a teenager. Showing some of the challenges that many people go through. Let's see if there will be more.

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Deep, intense, one’s value of their own integrity. Well portrayed.

Very informative, and clean and very good story about one’s integrity. And achieving their life long goal. Worth listening to. SAK

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The truth of it all

Very happy this piece showed as a recommendation as it's great example of character, persistence, and purpose. Will always be a fan of Kaep.

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A different perspective

I liked getting to know Colin. I'm glad he found his voice and he was able to form connections with who he is. He remained steady about what he believes in.

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