The Crossover
What's The Crossover About
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.
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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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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780544107717
- Publication Date
- March 18, 2014
- Publisher
- Clarion Books
- Page Count
- 240
- Words Per Page
- 70
- Audience
- Young Adult
- Reading Age
- 11 - 15 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2019297503
- Lexile® Level
- 750L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~R
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.3
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 2
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 164734
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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