The Crossover - by Kwame Alexander (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Winner of the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award, and a <i>New York Times<i> bestseller. Basketball and heartache share the court in this slam-dunk novel in verse by National Book Award nominee Alexander.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Kwame Alexander's </b><i><b>New York Times </b></i><b>bestseller and Newbery Medal-winning </b><i><b>The Crossover</b></i><b> is vividly brought to life as a graphic novel with stunning illustrations by star talent Dawud Anyabwile. </b> <p/><i><b>New York Times</b></i><b> Bestseller - Newbery Medal Winner - Coretta Scott King Honor Award - 2015 YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults - 2015 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers - </b><i><b>Publishers Weekly</b></i><b> Best Book - <i>School Library Journal</i> Best Book - <i>Kirkus</i><i>Reviews </i>Best Book</b> <p/><b>"A beautifully measured novel of life and line." --</b><i><b><b>New York Tim</b>es Book Review</b></i> <p/><i>The Crossover </i>is now a graphic novel! <p/> "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. <p/> See the Bell family in a whole new light through Dawud Anyabwile's dynamic illustrations as the brothers' winning season unfolds, and the world as they know it begins to change.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>★ "This graphic-novel adaptation of Alexander's 2015 Newbery Medal winner offers powerful visuals to an already-cherished narrative....Veteran comics illustrator Anyabwile brings an expansive range of black-boy emotional expressiveness to the page, accompanied by a striking attention to detail and pop-cultural reference....Flashy and engaging with emotional depth--a slam-dunk thrill."<i>--</i><i>Kirkus</i>, STARRED review <p/> ★ "A fresh look at the Newbery Medal-winning book, still told in verse but now stunningly illustrated by Anyabwile....With lively poems that use basketball as a metaphor for life, this mix of free verse, hip-hop, and powerful artwork will resonate with fans of the original book and inspire a new audience of nascent players, artists, and poets."<i>--School Library Journal, </i> STARRED review <p/> "An energetic and lively re-envisioning, this transformation of the original text into a combination of visuals, poetry, and changing font styles will be sure to engage young readers who are both familiar and unfamiliar with Alexander's original work."<i>--Booklist</i> <p/> "With confident strokes and choice details...the graphic version brings out the best in the original, as any good teammate should."<i>--Publishers Weekly</i> <p/> "Alexander's Newbery Medal-winning verse novel of the same name (rev. 5/14), about African American twins and middle-school b-ballers Josh and JB Bell, is an ideal choice for graphic-novel adaptation, with its on-court action, swaggering narrative voice, and poignant emotional pitches. The original novel's success mingling accessible poetry with basketball, middle-school dynamics, and Black boyhood is reinforced by Anyabwile's impressive visual interpretation. " <i>--The Horn Book</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Kwame Alexander </b>is a poet, educator, and the <i>New York Times </i>best-selling author of twenty-eight books, including <i>Rebound, </i> the prequel to his Newbery Medal[en dash]winning middle grade novel, <i>The Crossover.</i> Other works include <i>Booked, </i> a National Book Award nominee; <i>The Playbook</i>: <i>52 Rules to Help You Aim</i>, <i>Shoot</i>, <i>and Score in this Game of Life;</i> and picture books <i>Out of Wonder, </i><i>Surf's Up, </i> and <i>The Undefeated.</i> The 2018 NEA Read Across America Ambassador, Kwame is also the host and producer of the literary variety/talk show <i>Bookish, </i> which airs on Facebook Watch, the cofounding director of the LEAP for Ghana initiative, and the founding editor of Versify, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers. The recipient of the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award, Kwame lives with his family in Virginia. www.kwamealexander.com. <br> Twitter and Instagram: @kwamealexander <p/><b>Dawud Anyabwile </b>is an Emmy Award winning artist, illustrator and co-creator of the groundbreaking comic book series <i>Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline. </i>Anyabwile has worked with companies such as Cartoon Network, Turner Studios, NBA TV, Nickelodeon, and many others as a character designer, storyboard artist, illustrator, and concept artist. Anyabwile illustrated the graphic novel adaptation of the<i> New York Times</i> best selling novel <i>Monster </i>by Walter Dean Myers. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Anyabwile now volunteers, teaches art classes to young students, and gives lectures when he isn't working on his art. <br> Instagram: @brotehrmancomix
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