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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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A book about baseball that suddenly became a book about so much more.

October 31, 2018 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

I’ve read a whole bunch of Kwame Alexander’s poetry stories — he writes for tweens and teens in verse, but it never feels boring or difficult. The plot moves quickly and easily and his topics are usually difficult ones. Divorce, death of a parent, unrequited crushes, adoption, the end of a friendship, etc. And it seems like his best books — for me, that would include The Crossover, Booked,and Rebound— revolve around sports. Basketball. Soccer. And now, baseball. Noah is in high school and is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: #CBR10, booked, Kwame Alexander, mary rand hess, rebound, Scootsa1000, swing, the crossover

scootsa1000's CBR10 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: #CBR10, booked, Kwame Alexander, mary rand hess, rebound, Scootsa1000, swing, the crossover ·
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