Dawud Anyabwile
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Language
English
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ALA Black Lives Matter, Black Literature Matters - Comics Reading List 2022
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
National Poetry Month - Young Adults
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Description
Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
2) Rebound
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume Prequel
Language
English
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Description
In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
3) Booked
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon 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.
Author
Language
English
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5th Grade Rocks
Poetry and Novels in Verse - Tweens
Summer Olympics for Tweens
Texas Bluebonnet List 2022-23
Poetry and Novels in Verse - Tweens
Summer Olympics for Tweens
Texas Bluebonnet List 2022-23
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Description
"Before he was a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any other. Kwame Alexander and James Patterson join forces to ... [imagine] his life up to age seventeen in both prose and verse, including his childhood friends, struggles in school, the racism he faced, and his discovery of boxing"--Publisher marketing.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"For the life of him, William "Scoob" Lamar can't seem to stay out of trouble--and now the run-ins at school have led to lockdown at home. So when G'ma, Scoob's favorite person on Earth, asks him to go on an impromptu road trip, he's in the RV faster than he can say FREEDOM. With G'ma's old maps and a strange pamphlet called the 'Travelers' Green Book' at their side, the pair takes off on a journey down G'ma's memory lane. But adventure quickly turns...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Young Adults
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Maverick Graphic Novels 2023 (Gr. 6-12)
Texas Topaz Nonfiction Gems 2023 (YA Gr. 9+)
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Maverick Graphic Novels 2023 (Gr. 6-12)
Texas Topaz Nonfiction Gems 2023 (YA Gr. 9+)
Description
"A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans....
