Crossover by Kwame Alexander Cover:Hardcover she shares what it was

she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 70s

Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction

• Newbery Honor Book winner

Cuz tonight I’m delivering

Williams-Garcia excels at conveying defining moments of American society from their point of view

Crossover by Kwame Alexander Cover:Hardcover she shares what it wasWinner of the 2015 Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award Honor. With a bolt of lightning on my kicksThe court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight Im delivering, announces dread locked, 12 year old Josh Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood, he's got mad beats, too, that tell his familys story in verse, in this fast and furious middle grade