Miss Sweet Tea is a new girl at Josh and JB's school. She's beautiful and often wears pink Reeboks. All the boys are taken with her, but she's especially interested in JB.
A "crossover" is when characters from one series/property appear in an unrelated series/property. The third is even more pragmatic -- to win new viewers by getting fans of one series to try the other and, with luck, decide they like it and so stick around for future episodes.
Because The Crossover is a series of poems, students will also examine the impact of figurative language and poetic form on meaning. -Sometimes, children make better decisions than their parents. In the novel The Crossover, Josh wishes his father would go to the doctor to get checked for his medical conditions.
The Crossover
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Word Count |
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| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 3 - 8 | 16888 |
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780544868137 |
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| Publisher: | HMH Books |
| Publication date: | 04/02/2018 |
| Series: | Kwame Alexander's Crossover Series |
| Pages: | 416 |
The term “crossover” is often used in a limited sense to refer to contemporary children's books and young adult fiction read by adults. Crossover literature is also adult fiction that appeals to young readers; prior to Harry Potter, the crossover took place predominantly in that direction.
Dad dies of another heart attack during Josh's final championship game. He leaves his championship ring to Josh, suggesting that Josh is now “Da Man.”
The Bell home is located in an unnamed town in what is probably North Carolina, due to the town's proximity to Duke University and Carolina State, and the desires of Josh and JB to attend those schools, respectively. The Bell home is the center of Bell family life.
At the beginning of the novel, Josh wears his hair in locks. He explains that he does this not just to differentiate himself from JB, but also because it makes him feel closer to Dad, whose locks looked like wings in an old photo.
Climax: Closing in on playoff season, Josh loses control of his emotions and chucks the ball at JB during a game as hard as he could. JB starts bleeding really badly through his nose, and they find out Josh broke JB's nose. JB gets really mad and does not talk to Josh.
Parents need to know that author and poet Kwame Alexander's ?The Crossover is a poignant novel in verse that mixes basketball, family, and coming-of-age themes and includes serious issues regarding adult health and a parent's life-threatening condition.
