The Crossover. The Graphic Novel

Author(s): Kwame Alexander

Graphic Books (Teen)

Kwame Alexander's New York Times bestseller and Newbery Medal-winning The Crossover is vividly brought to life as a graphic novel with stunning illustrations by star talent Dawud Anyabwile.

New York Times Bestseller - Newbery Medal Winner - Coretta Scott King Honor Award - 2015 YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults - 2015 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers - Publishers Weekly Best Book - School Library Journal Best Book - KirkusReviews Best Book

"A beautifully measured novel of life and line." -- New York Times Book Review

The Crossover is now a graphic novel!

"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," raps twelve-year-old Josh Bell. Thanks to their dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood--he's got mad beats, too, which help him find his rhythm when it's all on the line.

See the Bell family in a whole new light through Dawud Anyabwile's dynamic illustrations as the brothers' winning season unfolds, and the world as they know it begins to change.

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★ "This graphic-novel adaptation of Alexander's 2015 Newbery Medal winner offers powerful visuals to an already-cherished narrative....Veteran comics illustrator Anyabwile brings an expansive range of black-boy emotional expressiveness to the page, accompanied by a striking attention to detail and pop-cultural reference....Flashy and engaging with emotional depth--a slam-dunk thrill." -- Kirkus, STARRED review

★ "A fresh look at the Newbery Medal-winning book, still told in verse but now stunningly illustrated by Anyabwile....With lively poems that use basketball as a metaphor for life, this mix of free verse, hip-hop, and powerful artwork will resonate with fans of the original book and inspire a new audience of nascent players, artists, and poets." --School Library Journal, STARRED review

"An energetic and lively re-envisioning, this transformation of the original text into a combination of visuals, poetry, and changing font styles will be sure to engage young readers who are both familiar and unfamiliar with Alexander's original work." --Booklist

"With confident strokes and choice details...the graphic version brings out the best in the original, as any good teammate should." --Publishers Weekly

"Alexander's Newbery Medal-winning verse novel of the same name (rev. 5/14), about African American twins and middle-school b-ballers Josh and JB Bell, is an ideal choice for graphic-novel adaptation, with its on-court action, swagger-ing narrative voice, and poignant emotional pitches. The original novel's success mingling accessible poetry with basketball, middle-school dynam-ics, and Black boyhood is reinforced by Anyabwile's impressive visual interpreta-tion. " --The Horn Book

General Fields

  • : 9781783449590
  • : Andersen Press
  • : Andersen Press Ltd
  • : 0.51
  • : March 2020
  • : ---length:- '21'width:- '14'units:- Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Kwame Alexander
  • : YFR
  • : 224
  • : English
  • : Dawud Anyabwile
  • : Dawud Anyabwile
  • : Paperback