Booked - Kwame Alexander

Descriere Booked - Kwame Alexander

The New York Times-bestelling follow-up to Alexander's Newbery Medal-winning The Crossover.Soccer, family, love, and friendship, take center stage as 12-year-old Nick learns the power of words while he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. \n \nIn 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.\n \nTwelve-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. Helping him along are his best friend and sometimes teammate Coby, and The Mac, a rapping librarian who gives Nick inspiring books to read. \n \nThis 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.\n \nA 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\n \nCan't nobody stop you\n \nCan't nobody cop you...\n \nILA-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\n

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Clarion Books

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ENSTK

EAN / GTIN

9781328596307

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1

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