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The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner Audiobook
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Streaming series now on Disney+, with executive producers including NBA great LeBron James! This audio is read by series star Jalyn Hall.
The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award–winning middle grade bestseller! Basketball and heartache share the court in this slam-dunk novel in verse.
“With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . . The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. ’Cuz tonight I’m delivering,” raps twelve-year-old Josh Bell. Thanks to their dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood—he’s got mad beats, too, which help him find his rhythm when it’s all on the line.
In this fast and furious middle grade novel of family and brotherhood from Kwame Alexander, Josh and Jordan must come to grips with growing up on and off the court to realize breaking the rules comes at a terrible price, as their story's heart-stopping climax proves a game-changer for the entire family.
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“He shoots! He scores! Jalyn Hall soars in this fresh version of Kwame Alexander’s story of basketball-loving twin brothers…Hall extracts every ounce of poetry from the production’s verse form and shares it with verve and energy…When he switches gears to Josh’s inner life, Hall infuses his tones with a teenager’s brash uncertainty. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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“A beautifully measured novel of life and line.”
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“[A] taut, complex tale of the crossover from brash, vulnerable boy to young adult.”
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“Packs a serious punch that will appeal to readers of all ages and reading levels.”
— Barnes&Noble.com
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An Amazon.com Teachers' Pick
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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A #1 Amazon bestseller
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Winner of the Newbery Medal
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A Coretta Scott King Honor Winner
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One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of the Year
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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
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A School Library Journal Best Books of the Year Pick
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About Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander is a poet, speaker, educator, and bestselling author of more than three dozen books, including books that have won the Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal, Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, and the Pat Conroy Legacy Award. He is the cofounder of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program. He is a regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition. Visit him at kwamealexander.com on IG and Twitter @kwamealexander.