Jan 02, 2015 star 7th grade basketball players, 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 storys heartstopping. Print word pdf take our free the crossover quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your. Kwame alexander is a poet, educator, and the new york times bestselling author of 28 books, including rebound, the followup to his, newbery medalwinning middle grade novel, the crossover. Kwame alexanders the crossover won both the newberry and coretta scott king awards. Kwame alexanders decision to write the book in verse was a bold one, but i could now not picture it being written any other way.
On the surface, kwame alexanders verse novel the crossover looks simple. Some of his other works include booked, which was longlisted for the national book award, the playbook. The crossover by kwame alexander is the 2015 john newbery medal winner for the most outstanding contribution to childrens literature and is a 2015 coretta scott king honor book. May 11, 2014 when we first encounter them in kwame alexanders beautifully measured novel of life and lines, the crossover, they are deep into a year when everything changes.
Alexanders highly anticipated followup to newberywinning the crossover is a reflective narrative, with little of the first books explosive energy. The crossover by kwame alexander free ebooks download. This study guide consists of approximately 39 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the crossover. Read online the crossover by kwame alexander ebook kj0. Josh and his twin brother jordan are awesome on the court. The crossover is destined to reachand touchreaders who never gave basketball or poetry a second thought until now. Jordan starts dating the pulchritudinous miss sweet tea, and josh has a tough time keeping his jealousy and feelings of abandonment in control. The crossover ebook by kwame alexander 9780544289598. Kwame alexanders the crossover 2014 is not a stereotypical basketball story.
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Extended book trailer for the crossover by kwame alexander duration. I showed this book to my gifted 4th graders and the boys who previously showed very little interest in reading immediately loved this book. His books, especially rebound and the crossover, are my goto recommendations for my nonreaders. Poet alexander deftly reveals the power of the format to pack an emotional. The poetry of the telling rings through to the heart. The crossover by kwame alexander overdrive rakuten. Kwame alexander is a poet, educator, and new york times bestselling author of 21 books, including the crossover, which received the 2015 john newbery medal for the most distinguished contribution to american literature for children, the coretta scott king author award honor, the ncte charlotte huck honor, the lee bennett hopkins poetry award. Kwame alexander is a poet, educator, and the new york times bestselling author of 28 books, including rebound, the followup to his, newbery. The crossover is a young adult novel by kwame alexander that follows the life experiences of 12yearold basketball player josh bell across several months in the autumn and early winter of his seventhgrade year at reggie lewis middle school. Download the crossover by kwame alexander ebook nds free. The crossover is about two twin brothers, jb jordan bell filthy mcnasty josh bell. Thank you, kwame alexander, for these hooks before they even opened the. The crossover by kwame alexander 2014, hardcover for. Login register for bookmarks and favorites home series archive.
New york times bestseller newbery medal winner coretta scott king honor award 2015 yalsa 2015 top ten best fiction. Rebound, a prequel to the crossover, was published in 2018. Rather, it is a universal story with educated, black characters of growing up. It is very important for people that all true about kwame alexander. Fourteen year old twin basketball stars josh and jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the cou. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. His players come alive with the precision and control of an orchestrated musical composition. The poems dodge and weave with the speed of a point guard driving for the basket, mixing basketball action with vocabularythemed poems, newspaper clippings, and joshs sincere firstperson accounts that swing from moments of swaggerworth triumph to profound pain. The crossover study guide contains a biography of kwame alexander, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Nikki giovanni kwame alexanders cadenced basketball novel is a gem of poise and grace. The hardcover book has the texture and orange color of a basketball. Josh is a relatable character, with two parents who are happily married.
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Pdf the crossover book by kwame alexander free download. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 240 pages and is available in ebook format. The main characters of this poetry, young adult story are josh bell, jordan bell. Kwame alexander s the crossover 2014 is not a stereotypical basketball story. Kwame alexanders sizzling, heartfelt storyinverse, the crossover, gives readers that rich sense of swish. Winner of the 2015 coretta scott king honor award and the 2015 john newbery medal winner. In the book they go through many problems such as when jb starts to not hang out with filthy and only hangs out with his girlfriend.
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Jul 11, 2014 listen to crossover audiobook by kwame alexander. The book the crossover, by kwame alexander is about an afrian american family living in a rich neighborhood, in the suburbs of boston. The crossover by kwame alexander 9781783443673paperback. But both brothers must come to grips with growing up, on and off the court, as they realize breaking the rules can come at a terrible price, resulting in a gamechanger for their entire family. But its a much deeper, more complex novel about the challenges that exceptionally average characters can have. The crossover ebook by kwame alexander rakuten kobo. Hes got mad beats too, beats that tell his familys story in verse. The book, which is told entirely through verse, was first published in the united states in hardback on march 18, 2014 through hmh books for young readers. The crossover, by kwame alexander the new york times. Free download or read online the crossover pdf epub book. This is one element that would add a lot of depth to the possibilities in teaching this book in the classroom. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The crossover graphic novel, book by kwame alexander. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the crossover the crossover series.
In this prequel to newbery awardwinning the crossover 2014, alexander revisits previous themes and formats while exploring new ones for charlie bell, the future father of the crossovers jordan and josh, his fathers death alters his relationship with his mother and causes him to avoid what reminds him of his dad. Buy a cheap copy of the crossover book by kwame alexander. This novel in verse is rich in character and relationships. Mar 18, 2014 in this prequel to newbery awardwinning the crossover 2014, alexander revisits previous themes and formats while exploring new ones for charlie bell, the future father of the crossovers jordan and josh, his fathers death alters his relationship with his mother and causes him to avoid what reminds him of his dad. New york times bestseller newbery medal winner coretta scott king honor. He conducts creative writing workshops in middle and high schools, often reaching more than five hundred students monthly. The crossover by kwame alexander ebook free the crossover by kwame alexander ebook product details sales rank. He lives with his wife and two daughters in the washington, d. The main characters are jordan, alexis jordans girlfriend, josh, chuck dad, vondie, and the mom. This book happens in the present, about 2014 during the fall basketball season, when this family is succeeding during the obama era. The crossover is a 2015 childrens book by american author kwame alexander and the winner of the 2015 newbery medal and coretta scott king award honor. The crossover by kwame alexander free mobi epub ebooks download.
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