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1) Swing
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Noah and his best friend Walt want to become cool, make the baseball team, and win over Sam, the girl Noah has loved for years. When Noah finds old love letters, Walt hatches a plan to woo Sam. But as Noah's love life and Walt's baseball career begin, the letters alter everything"--
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
ALA Black Lives Matter, Black Literature Matters - Comics Reading List 2022
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Staff Picks 2021-2022
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Staff Picks 2021-2022
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.
3) Rebound
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume Prequel
Language
English
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2024 - Children
Black History Month - Children
NCTE Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels (ages 3-13) 2024
Black History Month - Children
NCTE Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels (ages 3-13) 2024
Description
"A picture book in verse that threads together past and present to explore the legacy of slavery during a classroom lesson"--
Author
Series
Door of no return volume 1
Language
English
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Black History Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2024 (Gr. 6-8)
NCTE Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels (ages 3-13) 2023
Summer Reading List ALSC 2023 Gr. 6-8
Lone Star List 2024 (Gr. 6-8)
NCTE Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels (ages 3-13) 2023
Summer Reading List ALSC 2023 Gr. 6-8
Description
11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets... Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father's father, a girl named Ama, and, of course, swimming. Some say he moves like a minnow, not just...
6) El crossover
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
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.
El fenómeno del básquetbol, Josh Bell, y su hermano gemelo, Jordan, son los reyes de la cancha, con esos crossovers inesperados que hacen llorar a los jugadores más duros. Pero cuando Jordan conoce a la nueva chica del colegio, lazos entre los gemelos se empiezan a desanudar. El baloncesto y la...
7) Booked
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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.
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