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The Crossover

A Newbery Award Winner

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By: Kwame Alexander
Narrated by: Jalyn Hall
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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.

Accolades & Awards

Newbery Medal
2015
Family Life Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Newbery Medal Social & Life Skills Sports Heartfelt Fiction Sports Fiction Middle East
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Engaging Storyline • Emotional Impact • Outstanding Narration • Unexpected Twists

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I think the title of this review speaks for itself. For anyone doubting the quality of this book, don’t even look on the back for an idea, just jump in, and you will instantly fall in love with it, faster than JB and Miss Sweet Tea (Sorry for the slight spoil. I will spoil no further. Promise.)! For people who are wanting action, emotion and/or romance, this is definitely the book for you. I personally loved the ending, beginning, middle, mid beginning, AND the mid ending. To be honest, I think the father’s a little too jazzy and stuck in the past, but that’s minor. Jalyn Hall needs a little work, though. Otherwise, I think the title speaks for itself.

Filthy Crossover, Clean Shots, Nasty Emotions, and Newberry Deserving

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This book literally made me cry. I love this book so much my favorite character is the dad
I love the hell is the brothers are always friends and even in their bad times they still can get along somehow somewhat

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The story itself and that it was written in poem form. The way the voice actor presented the poem and kept it inviting an interesting with his voice inflection.

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I not usually read poetry but listening to this book gave me a new appreciation for it. The storyline is engaging. My 12 yo had this book assigned for English class and he identified with the characters so much he was brought to tears when tragedy happens.

Poetry assigned reading

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I loved everything about the book. I love basketball so seeing this book be based on basketball it was very interesting to me and the start of the book. It was very funny. It brought me back to when I used to play basketball and I also really love poems and I seen that the book Incorporated, a lot of poems and little silly jokes and things of that nature, and it just sprung so much life and so much joy the book was amazing. The storyline was great at the end. It did come to a sad moment, but then it came back around to everybody just realizing it’s more to life than just the last of a loved one no matter how hard it hurts.

The story line was great

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