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The Crossover Books

In order from The Crossover to Rebound
The Crossover
Booked
Rebound
The Crossover
Booked

Table of Contents

chapter • 240 Pages
The Crossover
#1 in Series
Book #1

The Crossover

Written by Kwame Alexander
11 - 15
Reading age
240
Page count
70
Words per page
Mar 18, 2014
Publication date
Hardcover
$17.99
$16.97

Summary

New York Times bestseller ∙ Newbery Medal Winner ∙Coretta Scott King Honor Award ∙2015 YALSA 2015 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults∙ 2015 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers ∙Publishers Weekly Best Book ∙ School Library Journal Best Book∙ Kirkus Best Book “A beautifully measured novel of life and line.”–The New York Times Book Review “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,” raps twelve-year-old Josh Bell. Thanks to their dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood–he’s got mad beats, too, which help him find his rhythm when it’s all on the line. As their winning season unfolds, things begin to change. When Jordan meets a girl, the twins’ bond unravels.Told in dynamic verse, this fast and furious middle grade novel that started it all absolutely bounces with rhythm and bursts with heart.

Primary Tags

basketballfather-son relationshipsidentity

The Crossover Series

Published from 2014 - 2018
3 books
chapter • 240 Pages
The Crossover
Hardcover
$17.99$16.97
chapter • 320 Pages
Booked
#2 in Series
Hardcover
$16.99$15.97
chapter • 416 Pages
Rebound
#3 in Series
Hardcover
$16.99$15.97
Year#TitlePages
20141The Crossover240
20162Booked320
20183Rebound416

The Crossover: Graphic Novel Series

1 book
chapter • 224 Pages
The Crossover (Graphic Novel)
6.5
#1 in Series
Graphic Nov.
Hardcover
$24.99$23.74

The Creative Behind the Books

    Author & Illustrator
    Kwame Alexander

    Kwame Alexander is a poet, an educator, a New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books, and recipient of the Newbery Medal for his novel The Crossover. The founder of two organizations, Book-in-a-Day and LEAP for Ghana, he regularly travels the world as a literacy advocate and expert. Kwame has owned several publishing companies, written for stage and TV (TLC’s “Hip Hop Harry”), recorded a CD, produced jazz and book festivals, hosted a radio show, and taught high school English. In 2015, Kwame served as Bank Street College of Education’s first writer-in-residence.

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