![]() Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere by Julie T. boys on the basketball court, in the Student council election, for a video dance tournament, and more. He wants to win both, but who has time?Īt Langston Hughes Middle School it's girls vs. Twelve-year-old Theo Rollins's growth spurt catches the attention of the basketball coach, but Theo is already busy with the science team. Sasquatch in the Paint by Kareem-Abdul Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld When her favorite charm goes missing, Mia has some lessons to learn. She and her twin brother Marcus play together on a co-ed team. Mia thinks luck makes people succeed, both in school and in basketball. But what happens when she gets a huge crush on Santiago? A novel written in poems. Check out Smith, Jr.'s Hoop Queens if you're a fan of the WNBA. ![]() This collection of twelve poems celebrates well-known basketball stars like Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. But what happens a group of older boys starts to hog the basketball court and bully the other kids? Amar'e won't let it go too far! Ghost dreams of going to the Junior Olympics, but will his troubled family life get in the way? A National Book Award Finalist.Īmar'e is a busy 11-year-old focused on school. He feels pretty miserable until he joins the chorus. What if you don't like sports but your father wants you to be a star athlete? Garvey is a middle school student who loves science, reading, and food. The male role models in his life help answer his questions about life, puberty.and weddings. Note: All titles are linked to their physical copies, and many are available as library e-books or e-audiobooks with OverDrive and its app Libby.Īrcher is a sixth-grader with a lot on his mind. ![]() This year it is the DC Public Library's selection for DC Family Reads.ĭid you read The Crossover and totally love it? Are you interested in other books like it? Check out these suggestions and read 20 minutes a day to earn badges for Winter Challenge! Written in poetry but structured as a novel, The Crossover won the Newberry Medal in 2015. Though this suggests that Josh becomes “Da Man” after Dad's death, Josh's discomfort with receiving the ring speaks to his new understanding of Dad as a person who didn't properly care for his health.Kwame Alexander's The Crossover is a book about basketball, middle school, and twin brothers dealing with life. Following Dad's death, JB gives Josh Dad's championship ring, which Dad always told the boys they could wear when they became "Da Man," which was his nickname. Though Dad is still in the hospital when the championship game rolls around, Josh chooses to take Dad's permission to play in the game and isn't around when Dad dies. When Dad finally ends up in the hospital, Josh's anger hits a peak: he believes that Dad is keeping him from playing in the championship game. During Josh's weeks of forced solitude after this, he remains angry and unmoored, and he becomes progressively more worried about Dad's health. ![]() However, Josh's attempt is unsuccessful and his pass to JB is so hard and violent, he makes JB's nose bleed. Josh grows progressively angrier as JB spends more and more time with Miss Sweet Tea, and this culminates in Josh deciding to act alone during a game. At the same time, Josh starts to notice that Dad isn't in good health. With this one identity marker gone, Josh feels unmoored and even more importantly, less forgiving towards JB as JB embarks on a romance with a girl Josh calls Miss Sweet Tea. Things begin to go downhill for Josh when he loses a bet to JB and JB accidentally cuts off five of Josh's locks instead of one. His love of English and language shines through in his narration, as he often uses vocabulary words from his English homework and some of the novel's poems read like music. At the beginning of the novel he achieves this by wearing his hair in locks and reminding the reader several times that he's the only player on the team who can dunk. Though Josh loves JB and being a twin, he also craves individuality. He's nearly six feet tall and has a twin, JB. Josh is the twelve-year-old protagonist of the novel.
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