Booked (Crossover Graphic Novel)

by Kwame Alexander (Author) Dawud Anyabwile (Illustrator)

Booked (Crossover Graphic Novel)
Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade

In this electric and heartfelt follow-up to Newbery Medal-winner 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. From the dynamic team behind the graphic novel edition of The Crossover.

Twelve-year-old Nick is a soccer-loving boy who absolutely hates books. In this graphic novel version of Booked, the follow-up to the Newbery Medal-winning novel The Crossover, soccer, family, love, and friendship take center stage as Nick tries to figure out how to navigate his parents' divorce, stand up to a bully, and impress the girl of his dreams. These challenges--which seem even harder than scoring a tie-breaking, game-winning goal--change his life, as well as his best friend's.

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A hard-fought emotional score.
Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times bestselling author of 35 books, including the Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, the Newbery medal-winning novel, The Crossover (an Emmy-winning TV series on Disney plus), and Becoming Muhammad Ali, co-authored with James Patterson. He is also a regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition. He invites you to visit him at kwamealexander.com.


Dare Coulter (she/her) is an award-winning artist, muralist, and sculptor whose primary artistic objective is to create positive imagery of black people and families. She received the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration for her art in An American Story. She lives in North Carolina but intends to have a global presence by installing sculptures depicting black joy around the world. She invites you to visit her at darecoulter.com and can be found on Instagram and Twitter @darecoulter.

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780358161820
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Publication date
August 02, 2022
Series
Crossover Graphic Novel
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV008000 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
JUV011010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JUV013020 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Marriage & Divorce
JUV032150 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Soccer
Library of Congress categories
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