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He's got mad beats, too, that tell his family's story in verse, in this fast and furious middle grade novel of family and brotherhood from Kwame Alexander.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C1424366</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C1424366</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1424366105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780544107717/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=842316307</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Crossover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3249642</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3249642</guid><category><![CDATA[GRAPHIC_NOVEL]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3249642105</comments><format>GRAPHIC_NOVEL</format><subtitle>Graphic Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781328960016/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1120059181</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Crossover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3217995</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3217995</guid><category><![CDATA[LPRINT]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3217995105</comments><format>LPRINT</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781432849801/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Crossover]]></title><description><![CDATA["With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering," announces dread-locked, 12-year old Josh Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood, he's got mad beats, too, that tell his family's story in verse, in this fast and furious middle grade novel of family and brotherhood from Kwame Alexander (He Said, She Said 2013). Josh and Jordan must come to grips with growing up on and off the court to realize breaking the rules comes at a terrible price, as their story's heart-stopping climax proves a game-changer for the entire family.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2282332</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2282332</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2282332105</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780544289598/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=864460122</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Booked]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon 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.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2113801</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2113801</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2113801105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780544570986/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=913923866</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Booked]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon 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.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3553958</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3553958</guid><category><![CDATA[GRAPHIC_NOVEL]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3553958105</comments><format>GRAPHIC_NOVEL</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780358161813/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1337056886</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Booked]]></title><description><![CDATA[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, now in a graphic novel edition featuring art from Dawud Anyabwile.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 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 TribuneCan't nobody stop youCan't nobody cop you...]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3729197</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3729197</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3729197105</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780358161509/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1338231223</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Booked]]></title><description><![CDATA[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... In 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!]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2356952</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2356952</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2356952105</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780544787711/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=945556561</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rebound]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2939028</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2939028</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2939028105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780544868137/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1003197457</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mighty Macy]]></title><description><![CDATA[A young girl finds her voice--and discovers the power of speaking up for herself and her community--in this sweet and humorous chapter book by award-winning and #1 bestselling author Kwame Alexander, perfect for fans of Ivy + Bean and Ruby and the Booker Boys. When Macy gets book one of The Mighty Zora series for her birthday, she stays up until 11:34pm finishing the book. But the next day, when Macy gets to her school library, eager to check out book two, she finds the door locked with a sign explaining that the library will now only be open a few days a week due to budget cuts. Even worse, she finds out her father won't be home to help her figure out what to do, as he will be traveling to a museum in Montgomery, Alabama to read a poem about civil rights. With help from her fellow third graders, support from her mom, and encouragement from poems written and hidden for her by her father, Macy must find her voice and learn the power of advocating for herself and her community. 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Go back in time to visit the childhood of Chuck "Da Man" Bell during one pivotal summer when young Charlie is sent to stay with his grandparents where he discovers basketball and learns more about his family's past.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3074928</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3074928</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3074928105</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781328476630/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1022982554</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[J Vs. K]]></title><description><![CDATA[J and K are the most creative fifth graders at Dean Ashley Public School (DAPS). 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It’s artist vs. writer with plenty of shady double crosses as J and K plot their way to the top.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4180141</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4180141</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4180141105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316582681/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1455107423</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Undefeated]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3174717</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3174717</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3174717105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781328780966/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1077576840</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[J Vs. 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As his world turns upside down, Kofi ends up on a harrowing journey that steals him away from everything he loves.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3677344</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3677344</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3677344105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316441865/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1290724129</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Door of No Return]]></title><description><![CDATA["A novel in verse about a boy escaping slavers during the nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3732077</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3732077</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3732077105</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316442060/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1345067907</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Door of No Return]]></title><description><![CDATA["11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets... Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father's father, a girl named Ama, and, of course, swimming. Some say he moves like a minnow, not just an ordinary boy so he's hoping to finally prove himselfin front of Ama and his friends in a swimming contest against his older, stronger cousin. But before this can take place, a festival comes to the villages of Upper and Lower Kwanta and Kofi's brother is chosen to represent Upper Kwanta in the wrestling contest. Encircled by cheering spectators and sounding drums, the two wrestlers from different villages kneel, ready to fight. You are only fine, until you are not. The match is over before it has barely begun, when the unthinkable-a sudden death-occurs...The river does not care how grown you are. As his world turns upside down, Kofi soon ends up in a fight for his life. What happens next will send him on a harrowing journey across land and sea, and away from everything he loves"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3868688</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3868688</guid><category><![CDATA[LPRINT]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3868688105</comments><format>LPRINT</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798885783897/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1336956876</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Star]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twelve-year-old Black girl Charley, who dreams of becoming the first professional female pitcher, must navigate adolescence during the turbulent segregation era and the beginning of the Great Migration.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3941873</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3941873</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3941873105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316442596/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1416697031</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Star]]></title><description><![CDATA[The riveting second book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Door of No Return trilogy stars Kofi's granddaughter, Charley, who's set on becoming the first female pitcher to play professional ball but who soon has to contend with the tensions about to boil over in her segregated town.You can't protect her from knowing. The truth is all we have.   12-year old Charley Cuffey is many things: a granddaughter, a best friend, and probably the best pitcher in all of Lee's Mill. Set on becoming the first female pitcher to play professional ball, Charley doesn't need reminders from her best friend Cool Willie Green to know that she has lofty dreams for a Black girl in the American South.   Even so, Nana Kofi's thrilling stories about courageous ancestors and epic journeys make it impossible not to dream big. She knows he has so many more to tell, but according to her parents, she isn't old enough to know about certain things like what happened to Booker Preston that one night in Great Bridge and why she can never play on the brand-new real deal baseball field on the other side of town.   When Charley challenges a neighborhood bully to a game at the church picnic, she knows she can win, even with her ragtag team. But when the picnic spills over onto their ball field, she makes a fateful decision.   A child cannot protect herself if she does not know her history, and Charley's choice brings consequences she never could have imagined.   In this thrilling second book of the Door of No Return trilogy, set during the turbulent segregation era, and the beginning of The Great Migration, Kwame Alexander weaves a spellbinding story of struggle, determination, and the unflappable faith of an American family.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4211331</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C4211331</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4211331105</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316442794/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1453195275</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swing]]></title><description><![CDATA["Noah and his best friend Walt want to become cool, make the baseball team, and win over Sam, the girl Noah has loved for years. When Noah finds old love letters, Walt hatches a plan to woo Sam. But as Noah's love life and Walt's baseball career begin, the letters alter everything"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3097742</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3097742</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3097742105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780310761914/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1048615401</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Fathers Cry at Night]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man learning how to love. He takes us through stories of his parents: from being awkward newlyweds in the sticky Chicago summer of 1967, to the sometimes-confusing ways they showed their love to each other, and for him. Alexander attempts to deal with the unraveling of his marriage and the grief of his mother's recent passing while sharing the solace he found in learning how to perfect her famous fried chicken dish. With an open heart, Alexander weaves together memories to understand his greatest love for his daughters.]]></description><link>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3778405</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3778405</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander, Kwame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cml.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3778405105</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316417228/MC.GIF&amp;client=clcpolaris&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1378017999</image_url></item></channel></rss>