With accessible poetic forms and engaging formatting, Booked 's pages will be turned swiftly and enthusiastically.". --Horn Book Magazine, starred review. "Alexander skillfully juggles verse styles to realistically capture Nick's humor and smarts, passion for soccer, and vulnerability when being bullied, having surgery, or facing his parents' troubled marriage.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTurtleback
ISBN-100606379924
ISBN-139780606379922
eBay Product ID (ePID)221973985
Product Key Features
TopicSports & Recreation / Soccer, General, Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes), Books & Libraries, Stories in Verse (See Also Poetry)
Publication Year2016
Book TitleBooked
LanguageEnglish
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorKwame Alexander
FormatLibrary Binding
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal[Fic]
Synopsis"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 ", In this middle grade novel-in-verseby the Newbery Medal-winning and Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winningauthor ofThe Crossover,soccer, family, love, and friendship, take center stage as twelve-year-old Nick learns the power of words as he wrestles