The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner (The Crossover Sequence)
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New York Occasions bestseller · Newbery Medal Winner ·Coretta Scott King Honor Award ·2015 YALSA 2015 High Ten Finest Fiction for Younger Adults· 2015 YALSA Fast Picks for Reluctant Younger Grownup Readers ·Publishers Weekly Finest E-book · College Library Journal Finest E-book· Kirkus Finest E-book “A superbly measured novel of life and line.”—The New York Occasions E-book Assessment “With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The courtroom is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Cease all that quivering. Cuz tonight I’m delivering,” pronounces dread-locked, 12-year outdated Josh Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are superior on the courtroom. However Josh has greater than basketball in his blood, he is obtained mad beats, too, that inform his household’s story in verse, on this quick and livid center grade novel of household and brotherhood from Kwame Alexander.
Josh and Jordan should come to grips with rising up on and off the courtroom to understand breaking the foundations comes at a horrible value, as their story’s heart-stopping climax proves a game-changer for all the household.
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Learn All of the Books within the Crossover Sequence
Twelve-year-old twins and basketball stars Josh and Jordan Bell should study to cope with issues on and off the courtroom as they navigate homework, first crushes, household and, after all, basketball. Soccer, household, love, and friendship take the sector as twelve-year-old Nick learns the facility of phrases as he wrestles with issues at house, stands as much as a bully, and tries to impress the lady of his goals. The dynamic prequel to Kwame Alexander’s Newbery Award–successful novel in verse, The Crossover. You gotta know the foundations to play the sport. Ball is life. Take it to the ring. Soar. An inspirational e-book stuffed with poetry and galvanizing classes concerning the guidelines of life.
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Kwame Alexander’s The Crossover is vividly delivered to life as a graphic novel with gorgeous illustrations by star expertise Dawud Anyabwile. An electrical and heartfelt follow-up to Newbery Medal–winner The Crossover, from the dynamic staff behind the graphic novel version. For the primary time, the Crossover sequence, three explosive novels in verse about sports activities and household, is out there in a single paperback boxed set.
ASIN : 0544107713
Writer : Clarion Books; Later Printing version (March 18, 2014)
Language : English
Hardcover : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780544107717
ISBN-13 : 978-0544107717
Studying age : 10 – 13 years, from prospects
Lexile measure : 750L
Grade degree : 3 – 7
Merchandise Weight : 2.31 kilos
Dimensions : 8.25 x 5 x 0.97 inches
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Prospects reward the e-book’s prose format, with one noting the way it reads like a basketball recreation. Furthermore, the storyline is participating, with one buyer highlighting how the creator cleverly interweaves parts all through the narrative. Moreover, the e-book is especially interesting to center faculty boys who play basketball, that includes multi-dimensional characters that emerge from the verse. Prospects respect its quick tempo, emotional depth, and imaginative model.
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Jonny –
The Blank Page as a Canvas
When I first opened up The Crossover, I experienced an internal eye roll. Is this whole book about to be in poems? I am embarrassed to admit that I did not get excited at the prospect of reading an entire story in poetic form. Then I finished the whole book in one sitting.In a varying style of poetry, spoken word, and creative dialog, Alexander spends an entire novel playing with words and telling a story in a way I have never experienced. His creativity is on full display and the way he expresses dialog, plot, and characterization, are unique and highly engaging. I eagerly turned page after page to see not only what happened next in the story, but how Alexander displayed the next turning point.What makes this book unique is the way Alexander treats the blank page as a blank canvas. His creative layout combined with high-paced basketball and consistent character development make this a must read. The relationship between the two brothers is what particularly stuck with me. I’ve had many similar experiences with my brothers where small spats went too far and tiny jealousies became much bigger. He also adeptly dealt with the father-son relationship. Watching a young boy try to contemplate living up to his father’s expectations was heart-breakingly relatable. And then watching both brothers have to handle the loss of their role model—and in very different ways—added an entire level of depth to the story.Alexander uses both form and fun to tell a story in a unique way. His creative use of space and wording makes it easy for readers to flip the pages as fast as possible. And his concepts and characters draw the reader in deeper with every story development.
ChibiNeko –
Absolutely wonderful
I admit that I initially got this book because of two factors: one is that the author is a Virginia resident and the second is that the Kindle price was incredibly cheap, something that was likely done because the book won a Newbery Award. It’s not a particularly long novel, but it’s short length works in its favor because this is an exceedingly powerful book.The entire work is told in verse and it’s beautifully done, as Alexander takes full advantage of the format to craft visually lovely free verse that truly leaps off the page. It’s a book that’s very much meant to be viewed, although part of me is curious to listen to the audiobook so I can experience how the narrator interpreted various portions of the book. What ultimately works best here is that the characters are all believable and best of all, there are no “bad guys” here. Even though we’re really only given the perspective of one of the two brothers, it will be very easy for readers of all ages to interpret how either brother is feeling at almost any given point of the book- an element that I’m sure is going to be the focus of many, many school lectures.I can easily see this book becoming a staple of multiple classrooms and for good reason. It’s amazingly well crafted and even better- it’s fiction that will appeal to any age and any gender. This book deals with a lot of difficult topics, from growing up to family issues to various different things that just about every child will deal with when they’re young and I whole heartedly recommend that parents read this book as well and discuss it with their children and heck, maybe even make up a few verses for themselves.
Great Kid Books –
Terrific, powerful book — my students are loving it!!!
WOW oh WOW. When a book hits a sweet spot, it zooms from one student to another. As soon as I read the opening lines of The Crossover, with its basketball cover and bouncing rap beat, I just knew I had to read it aloud to my 5th graders. But nothing prepared me for how it hooked them. To say they are loving it is an understatement. Fifth grade boys are just about wrestling each other to see who’s going to get it next–jostling each other over a novel in verse!For Josh Bell, basketball and his family are everything to him. He pushes himself to excel, but he loves every minute he spends with the game–especially the way he plays it with his twin brother Jordan and his dad. Kwame Alexander captures Josh’s voice and the power of basketball in a way that comes alive for my students. They love the rhythm and pulsing movement, the attitude and sass in Josh’s words.The power of this novel comes not only from Alexander’s language but also from the characters and their emotions. As Josh and Jordan (JB) near the championship playoffs for their school’s division, friction develops between the brothers and trouble is brewing with their father. Josh starts to resent the fact that JB is spending too much time with his new girlfriend. I love the relationship Josh has with his dad. They tease each other, push each other, question each other in a way that feels so real.Alexander engages kids on so many different levels. I especially like the Basketball Rules that Josh’s dad shares with his sons. How is basketball like life? That’s something all sorts of kids can think about, in a way that takes layered meanings to a different level.Our whole class is having a blast reading this aloud. I am projecting my Kindle version on the screen so we can see the words dance on the page as I read it aloud. I want to try to create some audio recordings with kids reading it, because I know they’ll bring so much to it. We already have four copies at school and the books are bouncing from one kid to another.
Cliente Amazon –
I furbetti scrivono edizione inglese, ma il libro è tradotto in italiano.
Lucy Woo –
This book came highly recommended and I know that after I finish reading the 1st book by the same author, it won’t take me long to finish this one either!!
Billie –
Einfach ein wunderbares Buch, dass sich in einfacher Art und Weise mit komplexen Themen beschäftigt.
abby chill –
Young readers can learn about family dynamics, challenges, sorrows, and joys and poetry reading this book.I taught it to 10th graders and to middle school students. Highly recommended.
pastor Gwyn –
Sporty, rapping, moving, dynamic, varied pace, never heavy despite some serious subject matter. I’ll be using this book with my international section 12 year old students to enjoy language, write poetry and approach literary devices. Some of the poems will make great performance pieces.The book is alive, brimming with onomatopoeia, metaphor, free verse and rhymes … I think my male and sporting students in particular will love it.