The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner

by Kwame Alexander

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544107713
• ISBN13: 9780544107717
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

For the kids that like basketball.

I read this book with my grandson, and he explained what the basketball terminology meant. It was a wonderful way to engage and connect with the story and with my grandson. We both enjoyed this book. Kids that like sports will enjoy reading this book.