'Cuz tonight I'm delivering," raps twelve-year-old Josh Bell. "A beautifully measured novel of life and line." - New York Times Book Review 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 - Kirkus Reviews Best Book 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.
I want every kid to know that they are worthy, valuable, and important.General Graphic Books | Young Adult Fiction
I want my writing to be a mirror for kids who look like me and a window for kids to look at different life and recognize it as very much like their own. I was a black boy who laughed, had crushes, cried, played, felt, had troubling friendships, ate dinner with my family each evening. When Kwame was asked why he writes, he said, "to be authentic and tell my story. Kwame Alexander says this about his books, and this comment is why I will continue sharing his books with young readers.
Kwame Alexander's work offers an honest, delightful, innovative and exciting story written from the perspective of young black boys, a perspective that should be present more heavily in the books we keep in our libraries. I am a librarian who has studied and read this book multiple times. I implore you to explore the rest of Kwame Alexander's book before writing it off as crude, really get to know the author and his text before you write it off. Many of the parent's reviews that state sexual content is overtly present in this book hasn't read many poetry books, especially the comment that stated the line, "getting under her skin" was a sexual innuendo.
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