Clarion Books, 2019-05-03
Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner
Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner
Crossover
Dawud Anyabwile, Illustrator
Paperback
SKU:9780544935204
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A poetic slam of rhythm, love, and growing up—this novel in verse pulses with voice and vulnerability.
Book Details
Book Details
Readability • 4.4
Age Range • 8-12
Pages • 256
Subjects • Fathers and sons • Brothers • Basketball • Twins • African Americans • Novels in verse
Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Basketball • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents • Juvenile Fiction | Health & Daily Living | Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries • Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry) • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings • Juvenile Fiction | School & Education • Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men
Publisher Summary
Publisher Summary
Series streaming now on Disney+, with executive producers including NBA great LeBron James!
The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning middle grade bestseller! Basketball and heartache share the court in this slam-dunk novel in verse.
"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 dreadlocked, 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 from Kwame Alexander. 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.
