The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner (Crossover)

by Kwame Alexander

'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'

12-year-old Josh and his twin Jordan have basketball in their blood. They're kings of the court, star players for their school team. Their father used to be a champion player and they each want nothing more than to follow in his footsteps.
Both on and off the court, there is conflict and hardship which will test Josh's bond with his brother. In this heartfelt novel in verse, the boys find that life doesn't come with a play-book and it's not all about winning.

• ISBN10: 0544289595
• ISBN13: 9780544289598
• Publish Date: 18 March 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Clarion Books
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 256
• Language: English

Reviews

[writehollydavis]

Loved this story told in verse. There was so much jam packed into such a short story, making it feel so rich and satisfying!

[Linda]

The Crossover is a novel written in verse, and I adored it. JB and Josh are twin brothers, and do everything together, until JB gets a girlfriend. And for Josh, this feels like the beginning of the end.
The story tackles a lot of questions teens ask themselves, and I can't wait to use it in my teaching this upcoming school year.

[layawaydragon]

I am always a sucker for verse books. Add in the blurb and I was hooked. I got lucky and it was available from my library while I was browsing through. I did take a couple pages to get into the flow and style with the capitalization and spacing. It'd been so long since I read a verse book! But once I was in, I was a goner. I finished it as quick as I could. I can def. see why it's so highly praised and won awards. The only little thing for me was the ending wasn't as conclusive and satisfying as I'd like. I'm the type to want all the answers on the page. But it's really great, even with my hang up.