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The Crossover Series 3-Book Paperback Box Set Paperback – Sept. 28 2021
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The Crossover series, three explosive novels in verse about sports and family, in one handsome paperback box set. From Newbery Medal winner Kwame Alexander.
Celebrate this masterful, rhythmic, and heartfelt contribution to children's literature and rediscover Kwame Alexander's electric poetry with this paperback box set, which includes Rebound, The Crossover, and Booked.
Follow Chuck Bell during a pivotal childhood summer when he discovers basketball and learns about his family's past; fly down the court with twins Josh and Jordan Bell as they discover the crossovers between basketball, love, and life; race across the field with Nick Hall as he learns the power of words, wrestles with problems at home, and navigates coming-of-age with all the action and emotion of a World Cup.
Streaming series coming soon on Disney+, with executive producers including NBA great LeBron James!
- Reading age8 - 12 years
- Print length1024 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions13.02 x 7.67 x 19.37 cm
- PublisherClarion Books
- Publication dateSept. 28 2021
- ISBN-100358567041
- ISBN-13978-0358567042
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The Crossover | Booked | Rebound | The Playbook | |
Read All the Books in the Crossover Series | Twelve-year-old twins and basketball stars Josh and Jordan Bell must learn to deal with problems on and off the court as they navigate homework, first crushes, family and, of course, basketball. | Soccer, family, love, and friendship take the field as twelve-year-old Nick learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. | The dynamic prequel to Kwame Alexander's Newbery Award–winning novel in verse, The Crossover. | You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. An inspirational book full of poetry and inspiring lessons about the rules of life. |
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The Crossover Graphic Novel | Booked Graphic Novel | The Crossover Series Boxed Set | |
Kwame Alexander's The Crossover is vividly brought to life as a graphic novel with stunning illustrations by star talent Dawud Anyabwile. | An electric and heartfelt follow-up to Newbery Medal–winner The Crossover, from the dynamic team behind the graphic novel edition. | For the first time, the Crossover series, three explosive novels in verse about sports and family, is available in one paperback boxed set. |
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About the Author
Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the New York Times best-selling author of more than thirty-five books, including Rebound, the follow-up to his Newbery medal–winning middle grade novel, The Crossover. Some of his other works include Booked, which was longlisted for the National Book Award, The Playbook: 52 Rules to Help You Aim, Shoot, and Score in this Game of Life, Swing, and the picture books Out of Wonder and The Undefeated, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Caldecott Medal, a Newbery Honor, and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.
He is a regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, currently serving as their poet ambassador.
He lives with his family in the UK. Visit his website at www.kwamealexander.com or find him on Twitter and Instagram @kwamealexander.Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.
Product details
- Publisher : Clarion Books (Sept. 28 2021)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 1024 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0358567041
- ISBN-13 : 978-0358567042
- Item weight : 771 g
- Dimensions : 13.02 x 7.67 x 19.37 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #208,299 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #60 in Children's Books on Soccer
- #74 in Children's Books on Basketball
- #130 in Children's Books on Marriage & Divorce
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About the author

Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times Bestselling author of 35 books, including BECOMING MUHAMMAD ALI (co-authored with James Patterson), SOLO, REBOUND, which was shortlisted for prestigious UK Carnegie Medal, The Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book, THE UNDEFEATED, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and, his NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel, THE CROSSOVER. A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Kwame is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, The Coretta Scott King Author Honor, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations, and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award. In 2018, he opened the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic in Ghana, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program he co-founded. Kwame is the Founding Editor of VERSIFY, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt that aims to Change the World One Word at a Time.
Kwame's most recent book is LIGHT FOR THE WORLD TO SEE: A THOUSAND WORDS ON RACE AND HOPE. Find out more info on Kwame and where he'll be at www.KwameAlexander.com.