Middle-grade novel · Fiction
The Crossover
Kwame Alexander
About the book
Twin brothers Josh and Jordan are basketball stars, but their bond and their family are tested; told in verse.
Reading notes
The rhythmic verse often pulls in readers who say they don't like reading; the story deals with a father's serious health problems and family grief.
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Recognition
- Newbery Medal (2015)
- Coretta Scott King Author Honor (2015)
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Book details
- Author
- Kwame Alexander
- First published
- 2014
- Suggested ages
- Ages 9–13 (editorial estimate — children vary)
- Reading mode
- Independent reader
- Topics
- basketball, family, verse novel
- Edition shown
- ISBN 9780544107717 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014 · Hardcover
- Catalog record
- Open Library work record · edition record
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