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| Title | : | The Crossover (The Crossover #1) |
| Author | : | Kwame Alexander |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 245 pages |
| Published | : | March 18th 2014 by Houghton Mifflin |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Young Adult. Sports. Childrens. Middle Grade. Realistic Fiction. Fiction |
Kwame Alexander
ebook | Pages: 245 pages Rating: 4.26 | 38776 Users | 7042 Reviews
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"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering," announces dread-locked, 12-year old Josh Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood, he's got mad beats, too, that tell his family's story in verse, in this fast and furious middle grade novel of family and brotherhood. Josh and Jordan must come to grips with growing up on and off the court to realize breaking the rules comes at a terrible price, as their story's heart-stopping climax proves a game-changer for the entire family.List Books Toward The Crossover (The Crossover #1)
| Original Title: | The Crossover |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Crossover #1 |
| Characters: | Josh Bell, Jordan Bell |
| Literary Awards: | Newbery Medal (2015), Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Grades 6-8 (2016), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2017), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2016), Evergreen Teen Book Award (2017) Coretta Scott King Book Award for Author Honor (2015), Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (2017), North Carolina Young Adult Book Award for Middle School (2016), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2014), NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor Book (2015), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (2017) |
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Review originally posted on YA LoveNewbery contenders arent often on my radar since I teach high school students, so the fact that I read two out of the three books blew my mind. I was sitting in my pajamas watching the live stream since we had a snow day and I threw up my arms and cheered when The Crossover was announced as the winner.Kwame Alexanders newest release has been on my radar for quite some time for many reasons despite its younger audience. I adore novels written in verse and haveThis one earned a whole extra star from me because it drew in one of my remedial readers...and he loved it...a book written in verse. And he came and asked for more books just like it- Me: "You mean basketball books?"Student: "No, ones with those poems in it."Be still my heart. This child never likes to read anything.That's worth five stars. That's worth a Newbery.
Cleverly captivating, presented in poetic form, I cannot believe how much this catchy story covers. I knew it'd be great because I've seen it on students' desks and more recently on a few Goodreads' Want to Read shelves and students never steer me wrong when it comes to book recommendations.
Dear Mr. Kwame Alexander, You've got some explaining to do, Mister. You are officially responsible for the first big Ugly Cry of 2014, and I am not really happy about it. Thanks for the foreshadowing that did NOTHING to prepare me for this book. You hear me? NO. THING. NOTHING. You better hope we never cross paths, because I will have a few words for you. That is all.
The Crossover, Newbery Medalist 2015, confirms the growing trend of novels in verse form, telling basic coming-of-age stories in short, free verse. This one follows exactly the same pattern as for example "The Weight of Water" or "Cloud Busting", slightly different from "Love That Dog" and "Hate That Cat", or "To Be Perfectly Honest", yet another one of those seemingly endless novels which claim to be deep because the language is broken into stanzas, sometimes rhyming, but most of the time just
I listened to this one on audiobook, which was a great way to experience this book since it is written in verse.
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