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Crossover
By kwame Alexander
Meet Josh Bell
"MYTHical MANchild
agitating, combinating, elevating... His game.
Taking the ROCK to the glass"
Basketball player-
FILTHY McNASTY
Charlie (Chuck) "Da Man" Bell
Father to Josh and Jordan
Professional basketballer until a possible knee surgery ended his career
Lover of basketball, his wife, and his kids
Despiser of doctors
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Jordan Bell (JB)
Josh's twin
identical - but different
JB is a shooting guard.
Josh is a forward.
Josh is a better baller - #1 on the team
JB is #2 and loves girls, betting, & basketball
In that order
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Both gearing up for the championship game
(If they make it.)
only four games away.
Shooting freethrows with their dad and practicing their crossovers.
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JB's BET
Me walking round school in my underwear for one lock of your dread / hair if I can make the final shot, score tied.
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We tied. I shot. You cried.
But only because I took five locks instead of one. (JB)
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JB is caught up with his girl Miss Sweet Tea. Too caught up.
Three games to go till the championship. JB cracking jokes about Filthy being McNASTY.
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Josh Filthy McNASTY "fires off a pass to his brother so hard,
It levels him
The blood from his nose still shooting long after the shot- clock buzzer goes off."
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Something affects the family in an unexpected way. The hardest CROSSOVER of the game.
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POETIC VERSE / REALISTIC FICTION
2014
For any and all sports and family lovers
Recommended grades 5 and up.
Winner of
Newberry Medal
&
the Coretta Scott King Award
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Alexander, K. (2014). The crossover. New York, New York: Houston Mifflin Harcourt Publishing.
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