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| Title | : | The Crossover (The Crossover #1) |
| Author | : | Kwame Alexander |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary 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
Explanation As Books The Crossover (The Crossover #1)
"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.Present Books In Favor Of 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) |
Rating Based On Books The Crossover (The Crossover #1)
Ratings: 4.26 From 38776 Users | 7042 ReviewsCriticism Based On Books The Crossover (The Crossover #1)
The winner of the 2015 Newbery Award for Children's Literature, and a book that's easy and fun to read. I think kids will read it all over the country. It's rare in that it is a sports novel, that it has attracted this much attention. It's a verse novel, sometimes rapping, usually not. The story involves the twin basketball playing sons of a former star basketball player with some health issues. Parents are very involved with their kids and admirable. Brothers are tight with each other. I likedI am late in reviewing this, but oh my goodness, what an amazing book. Kwame Alexander gives us a novel in verse -- a series of poems about twin brothers, JD and Jordan Bell, sons of a former pro basketball player, who are making their way through middle school as best they can -- navigating first crushes, homework, family tensions, and of course, basketball. I was in awe of Alexander's ability to tell such a rich, multifaceted story with so few words. Poetry is hard, at least for me, yet
I picked this up at the library sale and used it for a Popsugar prompt for a book about sports. This book was well outside my genre both in scope, and in audience. Sports is not something I'm generally interested in reading about. Kwame Alexander is brilliant to use something as basketball to tie together poetry, free verse, and messages in a way that is accessible to all ages. This book is much more than just basketball. My heart found a special place for the Bell family including dad, who is a
I thought this book was very relatable, by that I mean how things change as you grow up. It made me to want to keep reading and never to put it down. Overall a great book,
Went into this one expecting a quick middle grades read and oh, I am crying now.The Crossover is a novel-in-verse about Josh, a.k.a. Filthy (narrator) and his twin brother Jordan (J.B.), junior high school students who both love basketball. Basketball jargon throughout the narrative doubles as narrative detail; for example, the titular crossover is not only a basketball maneuver, but also significant phrasing within the story.A brief, poignant read that provides an unique poetry experience for
Originally posted here at Random Musings of a Bibliophile.I have said before I don't love verse novels. Do you know what I love even less? Basketball. Not a fan. Not even a little bit. With those two things working against it, I really didn't want to read The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. But it's getting a lot of award buzz so I finally (rather petulantly) picked up a copy. Ahem. This book is AMAZING. I loved it. This is why we should always stretch ourselves to read even those things that we
A beautiful story told in verse about twin brothers Josh and Jordan, basketball and family. The poetry is spare and tight, and the text is visually lively. There were many things going on in this terrific story, between the family interactions, the brothers growing older and a little apart with the stresses of new relationships and maturing. I love how the text's appearance reinforced the boys' movements and feelings, and the action in general.
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