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HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 5, 2019
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- Who it’s for
- Soccer’s momentum meets a lively novel-in-verse about words, family, and friendship.
- Themes
- Soccer, Family, love, and friendship, Finding the power of words
- Pacing
- Mixed
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In this electrifying follow-up to Kwame Alexander's Newbery winner The Crossover, soccer, family, love, and friendship take center stage. A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Longlist nominee. 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.
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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 bends and breaks as it captures all the thrills and setbacks, action and emotion of a World Cup match. "A novel about a soccer-obsessed tween boy written entirely in verse? In a word, yes. Kwame Alexander has the magic to pull off this unlikely feat, both as a poet and as a storyteller. " —The Chicago Tribune Can’t nobody stop you Can’t nobody cop you… ILA-CBC Children's Choice List· ALA Notable Children’s Book · Book Links’ Lasting Connections · Kirkus Best Book · San Francisco Chronicle Best Book· Washington Post Best Book· BookPage Best Book
Verse in Motion
Soccer’s momentum meets a lively novel-in-verse about words, family, and friendship.
Come here for
- A soccer story with the pulse of a World Cup match
- Verse that gives action and emotion room to move
Expect
- A twelve-year-old navigating trouble at home and a bully
- Friendship, a crush, and a rapping librarian with book recommendations
Where it sits
| Stories in Verse | 93% |
|---|---|
| Soccer Stories | 74% |
| Growing Up | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- US: African American Stories
- Family Stories
- Soccer Stories
- Stories in Verse
- Authors
- Kwame Alexander
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 5, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Soccer · Family, love, and friendship · Finding the power of words
- Reading lane
- US: African American Stories