Booked

Kwame Alexander

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Random House
05 May 2016

Children's & Educational; Sporting stories (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: bullying, violence & abuse (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: divorce, separation, family break-up (Children's&YA)

Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes fixed/on the checkered ball/on the goal/ten yards to go/can't nobody stop you/can't nobody cop you... Twelve-year-old Nick is a football-mad boy who absolutely hates books. In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel The Crossover, football, family, love, and friendship take centre stage as Nick tries to figure out how to navigate his parents' break-up, stand up to bullies, and impress the girl of his dreams. These challenges - which seem even harder than scoring a tie-breaking, game-winning goal - change his life, as well as his best friend's. This energetic novel-in-verse by the poet Kwame Alexander captures all the thrills and setbacks, the action and emotion of a World Cup match.

By: Kwame Alexander
Imprint: Random House
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 223g
ISBN: 9781783444656
ISBN 10: 1783444657
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 05 May 2016
Recommended Age: From 12 to 17 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kwame Alexander is a poet, children's book author, playwright, producer, public speaker, performer, and winner of the Newbery Medal for his novel-in-verse, The Crossover. He conducts creative writing workshops in middle and high schools, often reaching more than five hundred students monthly. He lives with his wife and two daughters in the Washington, D.C., area. Visit his website at www.kwamealexander.com.

Reviews for Booked

An obvious love of words, and the way they flow together and create their own rhythm, makes Alexander's work somewhat irresistible... To pick up Booked is to find yourself turning page after page, swept along as Nick spills out his story. New York Times A satisfying, winning read Kirkus, starred review Eminently readable ... readers will surely love Alexander's joyous word play and celebration of reading Booklist, starred review Alexander scores again. Emotionally resonant and with a pace like a player on a breakaway. Publishers Weekly, starred review Warm and believable ... Alexander understands reluctant readers deeply, and here hands them a protagonist who is a smart, reading-averse kid Horn Book, starred review