![]() ![]() ![]() Product Dimensions 8.2 (W) x 5.6 (H) x 1. Kwame Alexander, a Newbury Medal-winning author of books for young readers, has written an unusual memoir, for adults.Kwame Alexander is a poet, childrens book author, playwright, producer, public speaker, performer, and winner of the Newbery Medal for his novel-in-verse, The Crossover. Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes fixed/on the checkered ball/on the goal/ten yards to go. A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Longlist nominee, now in a graphic novel edition featuring art from Dawud Anyabwile. His books include And Then You Know: New and Selected Poems, Crush: Love Poems, Family Pictures. In this electrifying follow-up to Kwame Alexander's Newbery winner The Crossover, soccer, family, love, and friendship take center stage.A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Longlist nominee, now in a graphic novel edition featuring art from Dawud Anyabwile. In this electric follow-up to Newbery Medalwinner The Crossover, 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. Product Details reviews In this electrifying follow-up to Kwame Alexanders Newbery winner The Crossover, soccer, family, love, and friendship take center stage. Kwame Alexander has the magic to pull off this unlikely feat, both as a poet and as a storyteller". Booked (ISBN: 9781783444656) Verse novel about life for a football mad teen as his family hits problems, this tells how they survive. Kwame Alexander is a poet, childrens book author, playwright, producer, speaker, and performer. Helping him along are his best friend and sometimes teammate Coby, and The Mac, a rapping librarian who gives Nick inspiring books to read.This electric and heartfelt novel-in-verse bends and breaks as it captures all the thrills and setbacks, action and emotion of a World Cup match."A novel about a soccer-obsessed tween boy written entirely in verse? In a word, yes. A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Longlist nominee, now in a graphic novel edition featuring art from Dawud Anyabwile.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. In this electrifying follow-up to Kwame Alexander's Newbery winner The Crossover,soccer, family, love, and friendshiptake center stage.
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