At times he likes his nickname filthy mcnasty, but at other times he wants to be called josh. Please tell us if you are a student, parent, teacher or librarian. The plot line for this story was inspired by my story, magic online the first saohp crossover i wrote and as such, there will be occasional instances where i reused a few plot points from magic online for this story because i really liked that particular plot point or because that plot point made the most sense to me. The book, which is told entirely through verse, was first published in the united states in hardback on march 18, 2014 through hmh books for young readers. Kwame alexander author, dawud anyabwile illustrator. Nov 22, 2017 first, pin down everything you can remember about the book, plot, character names, time period in which the book may have been published, genre, etc.
The crossover is a young adult novel in verse by american author kwame alexander. In poetic cadence akin to rap, seventh grader josh bell writes. The crossover study guide from litcharts the creators of. Romance precision book movie search powered by the gordonator precision search engine gpse how this search engine works click here how to use this engine. The crossover pdf ebook a newbery medal winning novel. The book contains a tight plot that encompasses family, friendship, love, health, and more. Finders keepers is a crazy rollercoaster ride of a novel that doesnt take anything too seriously. Its got plenty of off the wall ideas that create a rich blend fantasy and scifi genres.
Kwame accomplishes a difficult and ambitious masterpiece by telling a story in short rhythmic verses. Geoff stultz character is played brilliantly as is the whole supporting cast. Mar 18, 2014 his soccer dream derailed, nick turns to the books he has avoided and finds more than he expected. The crossover is a young adult novel by kwame alexander that follows the life experiences of 12yearold basketball player josh bell across several months in. May 12, 2017 parents need to know that author and poet kwame alexanders the crossover is a poignant novel in verse that mixes basketball, family, and comingofage themes and includes serious issues regarding adult health and a parents lifethreatening condition. This is one element that would add a lot of depth to the possibilities in teaching this book in the classroom. A crossover in comic book terms only occurs when a story spans more than one title. Since 1997, bookfinder has made it easy to find any book at the best price. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The crossover is a young adult novel by kwame alexander that follows the life experiences of 12yearold.
Mar 15, 2016 the crossover pdf ebook a newbery medal winning novel by kwame alexander. Mar 18, 2014 new york times bestseller newbery medal winner coretta scott king honor award 2015 yalsa 2015 top ten best fiction for young adults 2015 yalsa quick picks for reluctant young adult readers publishers weekly best book school library journal best book kirkus best book a beautifully measured novel of life and line. I am looking for a book i read a while ago but unfortunately can only remember the plot. The crossover by kwame alexander is the first book in the crossover series. The crossover is a 2015 childrens book by american author kwame alexander and the winner of the 2015 newbery medal and coretta scott king award honor. The crossover summary from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. You know exactly the kid who needs this book, who will fall in love with this book, and most important, who will see himself in this book.
Jack reacher is a fictional protagonist of a series of novels, novellas and short stories by british author jim grant under the pen name lee child. Kwame alexanders decision to write the book in verse was a bold one, but i could now not picture it being written any other way. I really got lucky because he loved the book, he read it cover to cover in just a few days, and has in the last 5 months of owning it reread this book many times over. The crossover ebook by kwame alexander rakuten kobo. Finders keepers by stephen king has been released in australia via hachette and is now available. Dracula fans go wild for sherlock star jonathan aris.
Josh narrates a playby play as he plays in a basketball game. Parents need to know that author and poet kwame alexanders the crossover is a poignant novel in verse that mixes basketball, family, and comingofage themes and includes serious issues regarding adult health and a parents lifethreatening condition. A former major in the united states army military police corps, reacher roams the united states taking odd jobs and investigating suspicious and frequently dangerous situations. If you look at your series goals the same way you look at your book goals, you can see the major plot points that need to happen over the course of that three book story.
The crossover download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Basketball jargon throughout the narrative doubles as narrative detail. The crossover by kwame alexander is the 2015 john newbery medal winner for the most outstanding contribution to childrens literature and is a 2015 coretta scott king honor book. The crossover pdf ebook a newbery medal winning novel by. The grand tradition of crossover novels books the guardian.
Alexanders highly anticipated followup to newberywinning the crossover is a reflective narrative, with little of the first books explosive energy. Answer a few quick questions and this website will automatically write a story or blurb for you using your keywords. She also is really good at basketball, and goes to the same school as jordan and josh. Find and read more books youll love, and keep track. On my list of mustread crossover books are alice in wonderland, the brothers karamazov, sons and lovers, for whom the bell tolls. If you need help, i can recommend you to try sudospeak. The reacher novels are written either in the firstperson or.
Was it necessary for the development of plot, theme andor characters. Alexanders highly anticipated followup to newberywinning the crossover is a reflective narrative, with little of the first book s explosive energy. The crossover will make a great bridge to books like matthew quicks boy21, too, both because of the content and the welldrawn, dynamic, and memorable characters. If you dont find the book or author youre looking for in the first page of results the chances are its because it is not one that we have featured. As a verse novel intended for young readers, the crossover joins others in the booming genre including jacqueline woodsons brown girl dreaming and sharon creechs love that dog. The crossover event began on december 9, 2018, with the flash, continued on arrow on december 10, and concluded on supergirl on december 11. I suggest you improve your business skills in english to succeed at crossover english interviews. He and his twin brother jordanor jbare basketball stars and are best friends on and off the court. It looks like we dont have any plot summaries for this title yet. The narrator of the novel which is told in verse is josh bell, an 8thgrade boy.
Booked the crossover series and millions of other books are available for instant access. A plot point which seems to belong to plot a belongs to plot b alsoinstead. Click download or read online button to get the crossover book now. Josh bell is a talented middle school basketball player, as is his twin brother jordan. Movie trailer from the novel crossover available on amazon. In parts it feels slightly like the hitchhikers guide series, in others a twisted version of rough guides and elsewhere like nothing else ive read before.
They learned from their dad, chuck da man, who played in the euroleague before retiring from the game. Romance readers might want to cross over into ya romances, or paranormals, or scifi romances, etc. He and his twin brother jordanor jbare basketball stars. If the series is situational, like a mystery with a detective, each book will have its own goal and there probably wont be a larger issue hanging over the protags head. October 19, 2015 by lynne the magic pixie dust for how to reach lots and lots of readers may be elusive, but two things about book discoverability are indisputable. We are often asked, what are crossovers and what exactly do they do. Nikki giovanni kwame alexanders cadenced basketball novel is a gem of poise and grace. What the mostly freeverse novel does have is a likable protagonist, great wordplay, solid. With an author as prolific as stephen king, its no surprise his universe is expansive but did you know most of his works are connected to. Kwame alexanders the crossover contains ten basketball rules poems that apply to life. The crossover, by awardwinning childrens book author and poet kwame alexander, was published in 2014 and won the 2015 newbery medal and coretta scott king award honor for childrens literature. His soccer dream derailed, nick turns to the books he has avoided and finds more than he expected. The talented author kwame alexander did not disappoint.
Jul 23, 20 these stephen king connections will blow your mind. Josh bell is a talented middle school basketball player, as is his twin brother jordan read more. Alexis has a sister at duke high school, her favorite basketball player is skylar diggins and her aau team. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. A naturally talented basketball player, noah cruise is determined to become a doctor using his basketball scholarship to ucla premed, rather than succumb to the lure of former sports agent vaughn and go for the nba. Online resources can help with your search for a halfremembered book, even if all you have is a basic plot line. A series is a complicated thing to plot, because you have to worry about an overall story goal that might span three books to ten books or even more. Right from the start, kwame alexanders new book, the crossover, looks, sounds and even feels different. Because book two is all middle, and we know how tough those can be. The crossover is about two twin brothers, jb jordan bell filthy mcnasty josh bell.
Then choose as few or as many options as you wish to search by, and click the search button at the very bottom of the page. The question and answer section for the crossover is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. Crossover graphic novel, crossover by kwame alexander. New york times bestseller newbery medal winner coretta scott king honor award 2015 yalsa 2015 top ten best fiction.
Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. The websites critical consensus reads, kicking off an arrowverse crossover event, crisis on earthx, part 1 offers viewers a fun outing with quirky characters preceding the action and tragedy to come. Fans were ecstatic to see jonathan collaborating with the shows cocreators, as they joked about the gothic horror having a sherlock crossover. Read the crossover by kwame alexander available from rakuten kobo. This study guide consists of approximately 39 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the crossover. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. First, pin down everything you can remember about the book, plot, character names, time period in which the book may have been published, genre, etc. Come in to read stories and fanfics that span multiple fandoms in the book universe.
The hardcover book has the texture and orange color of a basketball. I dont think the label crossover really fits for any of these sorts of books. Oct 06, 2014 the crossover will make a great bridge to books like matthew quicks boy21, too, both because of the content and the welldrawn, dynamic, and memorable characters. I believe that the crossover by keane alexander is such a book. Basketball is extremely important to them, and they both want to play professionally someday. Whether you want the cheapest reading copy or a specific collectible edition, with bookfinder, youll find just the right book. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new york. Josh bell, known on and off the court by the nickname filthy mcnasty, doesnt lack selfconfidence, but neither does he lack the skills to back up his own mental in. Plot conclusion alexis miss sweet tea alexis is an intelligent and a beautiful girl. Theme plot climax summary the climax in this book is when they talk to carla about the shooting. Its setup, but not in the bad too much exposition way. The plotline crossover trope as used in popular culture.
Come in to read stories and fanfics that span multiple fandoms in the finder series universe. Mar 01, 2012 ill read the book whether its crossover or not and sometimes i hardly notice that it is a crossover. The crossover summary and study guide supersummary. Crossover comes from the idea of crossing over from one frequency range to the next. Josh has many identities in this bookson, brother, basketball player, poet, and friend. After reading this book we found others by the same author, and my teenager has been just as engaged. In the book they go through many problems such as when jb starts to not hang out with filthy and only hangs out with his girlfriend.
Though verse narratives and epic poems like the odyssey and the epic of gilgamesh have existed for thousands of years. Bookbrowse is a selective website featuring some of the best books published in the past 15 years. I think one way in which some books dont have appeal is when they crossover in the wrong direction. It is full of action and contemporary references, as well as realistic family dynamics. The crossover by kwame alexander, dawud anyabwile waterstones. All these details are clues in identifying the title and author of the book. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new. Kwame alexander is a poet, educator, and new york times bestselling author of 21 books, including the crossover, which received the 2015 john newbery medal for the most distinguished contribution to american literature for children, the coretta scott king author award honor, the ncte charlotte huck honor, the lee bennett hopkins poetry award, and the passaic poetry prize. Elseworlds arrowverse elseworlds is the fifth annual arrowverse crossover event that features episodes of the liveaction television series the flash, arrow, and supergirl on the cw.
Understanding crossovers jl audio help center search. It won the 2015 newbery medal and a coretta scott king book honor, and may inspire a discussion about. Are there any websites i can use to search for this book by its plot line or contents only. It is the glue connecting the sons and source of the wisdom their father passes downthe biggest surprise of the crossover is that, for all the bells and whistles of a young mans game, it is most boldly and certainly a book about tenderness.
Select from a variety of genres including romance, mystery or teen vampire. Searching for accelerated reader books is fun and easy with this free online tool. White fingers and nimble tore at the string and paper. Jan 28, 2002 this book proves that scifi can indeed exist in union with futuristic romance. In comic book terminology, these guest star roles are common enough that they are generally not considered crossovers. Interestingly enough, the answer to this question lies within the term itself. This awardwinning verse novel focuses on the lives of african american twin brothers josh and jordan bell as they journey through junior high school, face family crises, and struggle with sibling rivalry. In addition to the romantic plot, finders keepers has. A crossover serves as a filter that blocks out unwanted frequencies to a.
Jun 10, 2015 kings a magnificent storyteller, no matter what genre and im sure this book will appeal to his usual fans as well as a heap of new ones. Instead of crossover, perhaps we should simply say will appeal to a variety of ages and people. Therefore, when i came across the crossover, it intrigued me. Personally, i find paranormal romances rather dull, where as a straight plot driven urban fantasy can be awesome.
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