The Crossover

$15.19

Hardcover
Author: Kwame Alexander
Illustrator: Dawud Anyabwile
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Publish Date: March 2014
Series: Crossover
Language: English
Reading Level: 4.3
EAN: 9780544107717

Overview

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,” 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.

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.

Details

Pages: 240
Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.6 x 0.9 in
Lexile Score: 750
Interest Level: Middle Grade (MG)
Point Value: 2
ISBN: 0544107713

Awards

2016 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee (Children's)
2016 Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2016 Nene Award - Nominee (Children's Fiction)
2016 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2015 Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee (Grades 6-9)
2015 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended (Ten to Fourteen)
2015 Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children - Honor Book (Children's Fiction)
2015 Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book (Author)
2015 Newbery Medal - Winner (Children's)
2015 Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended (Young Adult)
2014 Cybils - Finalist (Middle Grade Fiction)