Booked [Graphic novels]
Alexander, Kwame2022
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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. These challenges - which seem even harder than scoring a tie-breaking, game-winning goal - change his life, as well as his best friend's.
Booked [Graphic novels] / by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile.
Alexander, Kwame, author
London : Anderson press, 2022.©2022
314 pages : colour illustrations ; 20 cm.
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! Text first published in 2016 as a novel in verse. This edition is illustrated to be a graphic novelization.Streaming series coming soon on Disney+.Any two books from this series may be read as Challenge books and up to five more can be read as personal choice books. Go to the online booklists for the PRC ID of the individual books in this series.
Upper primaryFor Ages: 9+ years old
National Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature (2016), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Poetry (2016), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2019).
9781839132230 (paperback)
English
415644
Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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Penrith | Junior Fiction - Graphic Novel | ALEXAN | Onloan - Due: 24 Sep 2024 |