num_pages: 314
description: National Book Award Long ListNew York Times Bestseller Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes fixed/on the checkered ball/on the goal/ten yards to go/cant nobody stop you/cant nobody cop youIn this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel THE CROSSOVER soccer family love and friendship take center stage as 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. 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 by poet Kwame Alexander bends and breaks as it captures all the thrills and setbacks action and emotion of a World Cup match!
language: English
title: Booked
publisher: Clarion Books