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Booked — Kwame Alexander
Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes fixed/on the checkered ball/on the goal/ten yards to go/can't nobody stop you/can't nobody cop you…
In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel THE CROSSOVER, soccer, family, love, and friendship, take center stage as twelve-year-old Nick 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. Helping him along are his best friend and sometimes teammate Coby, and The Mac, a rapping librarian who gives Nick inspiring books to read.
This electric and heartfelt novel-in-verse by poet Kwame Alexander bends and breaks as it captures all the thrills and setbacks, action and emotion of a World Cup match!
In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel THE CROSSOVER, soccer, family, love, and friendship, take center stage as twelve-year-old Nick 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. Helping him along are his best friend and sometimes teammate Coby, and The Mac, a rapping librarian who gives Nick inspiring books to read.
This electric and heartfelt novel-in-verse by poet Kwame Alexander bends and breaks as it captures all the thrills and setbacks, action and emotion of a World Cup match!
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- 2018 Beehive Award -- Young Adult (Winner)
- 2018 Georgia Children's Book Award -- Children's Book (Grades 6 - 8) (Nominee)
- 2016 National Book Award -- Young People's Literature (Longlist)
- 2016 Booklist -- Starred Review (*)
- 2016 Horn Book Magazine -- Starred Review (*)
- 2016 Junior Library Guild -- Selection (*)
- 2016 Kirkus Reviews -- Starred Review - Children (*)
- 2016 Publishers Weekly -- Starred Review (*)
- 2021 School Library Journal -- Starred Review (*)
