{"product_id":"the-crossover-paperback-1","title":"The Crossover - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKwame Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries streaming now on Disney+, with executive producers including NBA great LeBron James!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKwame Alexander's \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller and Newbery Medal-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Crossover\u003c\/em\u003e is vividly brought to life as a graphic novel with stunning illustrations by star talent Dawud Anyabwile. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller - Newbery Medal Winner - Coretta Scott King Honor Award - 2015 YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults - 2015 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers - \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book - \u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book - \u003cem\u003eKirkus \u003c\/em\u003eBest Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A beautifully measured novel of life and line.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Crossover \u003c\/em\u003eis now a graphic novel!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . . The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. 'Cuz tonight I'm delivering,\" raps twelve-year-old Josh Bell. Thanks to their dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood--he's got mad beats, too, which help him find his rhythm when it's all on the line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee the Bell family in a whole new light through Dawud Anyabwile's dynamic illustrations as the brothers' winning season unfolds, and the world as they know it begins to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKwame Alexander \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, educator, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author of twenty-eight books, including \u003ci\u003eRebound, \u003c\/i\u003e the prequel to his Newbery Medal[en dash]winning middle grade novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Crossover.\u003c\/i\u003e Other works include \u003ci\u003eBooked, \u003c\/i\u003e a National Book Award nominee; \u003ci\u003eThe Playbook\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003e52 Rules to Help You Aim\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShoot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eand Score in this Game of Life;\u003c\/i\u003e and picture books \u003ci\u003eOut of Wonder, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurf's Up, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Undefeated.\u003c\/i\u003e The 2018 NEA Read Across America Ambassador, Kwame is also the host and producer of the literary variety\/talk show \u003ci\u003eBookish, \u003c\/i\u003e which airs on Facebook Watch, the cofounding director of the LEAP for Ghana initiative, and the founding editor of Versify, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers. The recipient of the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award, Kwame lives with his family in Virginia. www.kwamealexander.com. \u003cbr\u003e Twitter and Instagram: @kwamealexander \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDawud Anyabwile \u003c\/b\u003eis an Emmy Award winning artist, illustrator and co-creator of the groundbreaking comic book series \u003ci\u003eBrotherman: Dictator of Discipline. \u003c\/i\u003eAnyabwile has worked with companies such as Cartoon Network, Turner Studios, NBA TV, Nickelodeon, and many others as a character designer, storyboard artist, illustrator, and concept artist. Anyabwile illustrated the graphic novel adaptation of the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best selling novel \u003ci\u003eMonster \u003c\/i\u003eby Walter Dean Myers. 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