Title: The Crossover
Description: "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 basketball phenom Josh Bell. Thanks to his dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court, with crossovers that make even the toughest ballers cry. But Josh has more than hoops in his blood. He's got a river of rhymes flowing through him -- a sick flow that helps him find his rhythm when everything's on the line. As their winning season unfolds, things begin to change. When Jordan meets the new girl in school, the twins' tight-knit bond unravels. In this heartfelt novel, basketball and brotherhood intertwine to show Josh and Jordan that life doesn't come with a playbook, and, sometimes, it's not about winning. - Jacket flap.
Subjects: Basketball, Brothers, Basketball stories, Juvenile fiction, Fathers and sons, Fiction, Twins, African Americans, Novels in verse, Health & Daily Living, School & Education, Sports & Recreation, Parents, Siblings, Boys & Men, Stories in Verse, Bruder, Emotions & Feelings, Family, Lyrik, Father-son relationship, Social Themes, Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries, Zwilling, Death & Dying, Newbery Medal, Children's fiction, Stories in rhyme, Basketball, fiction, Twins, fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, African americans, fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, nyt:childrens-middle-grade-hardcover=2015-08-30, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, nyt:childrens-middle-grade=2015-02-22, JUVENILE FICTION / Boys & Men, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Parents, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings, JUVENILE FICTION / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries, JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death & Dying, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Basketball, JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse, Comic books, strips, Basketball players, Adaptations, Graphic novels, JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying, Twins--juvenile fiction, Brothers--juvenile fiction, Fathers and sons--juvenile fiction, African americans, African americans--juvenile fiction, Basketball--fiction, Twins--fiction, Brothers--fiction, Fathers and sons--fiction, African americans--fiction, Pz7.5.a44 cr 2014, [fic], award:Newbery_award, lexile:670, lexile_range:601-700, lexile_code:GN, age:min:8, age:max:12, grade:min:3, grade:max:7