The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner (The Crossover Series) Hardcover - 2014
by Alexander, Kwame
- Used
In this middle grade novel in verse that's Love That Dog meets The Watsons Go to Birmingham meets Slam, twelve-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
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Details
- Title The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner (The Crossover Series)
- Author Alexander, Kwame
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Later Printing
- Condition UsedVeryGood
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Clarion Books, Boston, MA
- Date 2014-03-18
- Features Dust Cover
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0WOPD4002ER3
- ISBN 9780544107717 / 0544107713
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.7 x 5.6 x 0.9 in (22.10 x 14.22 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 750
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Themes
- Catalog Heading: High Interest/Low Vocabulary
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Event: Winter
- Seasonal: Winter
- Sex & Gender: Boy's Interest
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Boy's Interest
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Inspiration
- Library of Congress subjects Fathers and sons, African Americans
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013013810
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
"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 from Kwame Alexander (He Said, She Said 2013).
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.
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Citations
- Booklist, 03/15/2014, Page 74
- BookPage, 04/01/2014, Page 0
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 02/01/2014, Page 0
- Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2014, Page 789
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2014, Page 0
- Kirkus Best Middle Grade Books, 11/15/2014, Page 77
- Kirkus Reviews, 01/15/2014, Page 0
- New York Times Book Review, 05/11/2014, Page 21
- Publishers Weekly, 01/20/2014, Page 0
- PW Best Children's Books, 11/03/2014, Page 42
- PW Children's Starred Reviews, 12/01/2014, Page 71
- School Library Journal, 03/01/2014, Page 132
- Shelf Awareness, 03/21/2014, Page 0
- SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2014, Page 23
- Voice of Youth Advocates, 08/01/2014, Page 0
