The moon within by aida salazar published by scholastic, inc. They learned from their dad, chuck da man, who played in the euroleague before retiring from the game. The crossover book talk multicultural value context clues in the story lead the reader to believe that josh and jordans family are blackafricanamerican, but it is never directly said. The crossover by kwame alexander 38,947 ratings, 4. Basketball is extremely important to them, and they both want to play professionally someday. This study guide consists of approximately 39 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the crossover.
Josh bell filthy mcnasty and his brother jordan have pretty big shoes to fill after their dad, a professional basketball player in the european league. The crossover inseparable twin brothers josh and jb love basketball, but changes in their lives begin to pull them apart. Sometimes you can get through an entire book and not realize what the author meant. The crossover, by awardwinning childrens book author and poet kwame alexander, was published in 2014 and won the 2015 newbery medal and coretta scott king award honor for childrens literature. They meet as enemies during a brutal softball game in which danny injures and nearly blinds reuven, but they become fast friends when danny comes to visit reuven in the hospital for the. The talented author kwame alexander did not disappoint. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. Some themes are definitely more specific to one category or the other coming of age in ya, for example, or existential musings in adult fiction. It won the 2015 newbery medal and a coretta scott king book honor, and may inspire a discussion about healthy lifestyle choices and the impact. What the mostly freeverse novel does have is a likable protagonist, great wordplay, solid teen and adult secondary characters, and a clear picture of the challenges young people face when. Right from the start, kwame alexanders new book, the crossover, looks, sounds and even feels different. You know exactly the kid who needs this book, who will fall in love with this book, and most important, who will see himself in this book. The hardcover book has the texture and orange color of a basketball.
Kwame accomplishes a difficult and ambitious masterpiece by. The novel focuses on how the twins come into their own and how their bond. Josh will need all his gifts of family love, friendship, education. This comes with numerous confusing, exhilarating, and scary experiences. The differentiation comes from the way themes are explored.
It gives the reader a glimpse of africanamerican culture through a story that has nothing to. Alexanders verse is fluid and electric, poignant and wise, skillfully chronicling main character joshs tough lessons as he comes to realize that true champions learn to dance. New york times bestseller newbery medal winner coretta scott king honor award 2015 yalsa 2015 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 best book a beautifully measured novel of life and line. The crossover is a novel in verse about brotherhood and basketball. Basketball dreams and real life in a bronx high school by marc skelton nonfiction sports books about underdog teams are among my kryptonite. Rebound, a prequel to the crossover, was published in 2018. Parents need to know that author and poet kwame alexanders the crossover is a poignant novel in verse that mixes basketball, family, and comingofage themes and includes serious issues regarding adult health and a parents lifethreatening condition. Email the crossover study guide to a friend share the crossover study guide on. How does the theme of duty relate to the other important themes of the book. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in the chosen, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. The crossover will make a great bridge to books like matthew quicks boy21, too, both because of the content and the welldrawn, dynamic, and memorable characters. For example, his dad, a former college player, has trained josh ever since he could hold a basketball. Below are some reading passages that we have hand picked to supplement this book.
Josh bell is a talented middle school basketball player, as is his twin brother jordan read more. At times he likes his nickname filthy mcnasty, but at other times he wants to be called josh. The crossover by kwame alexander overdrive rakuten. Kwame accomplishes a difficult and ambitious masterpiece by telling a story in short rhythmic verses. In this novel, the family unit is a supportive, uplifting, inspiring. Have you gotten that feeling when you run so fast you can feel the wind against your face, legs, and your whole body. Josh has many identities in this bookson, brother, basketball player, poet, and friend. The crossover is a masterful mix of rhythm and heart that tells the story of two brothers navigating the deep waters of love, loyalty, and championship play. Mar 18, 2014 alexanders highly anticipated followup to newberywinning the crossover is a reflective narrative, with little of the first books explosive energy. Come in to read stories and fanfics that span multiple fandoms in the harry potter and book thief universe. In the novel, it is joshs family, the bells, and his relationship to them, that. Using those poems, determine a theme of the novel and analyze its development. Josh bell is a talented middle school basketball player, as is his twin brother jordan.
He and his twin brother jordanor jbare basketball stars and are best friends on and off the court. The crossover s narrator, josh bell, captures the highs and lows of adolescence through vivid descriptions of heartpounding threepointers and monotonous. Book xovers crossover fanfiction archive with over 618 stories. The crossover study guide contains a biography of kwame alexander, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Come in to read stories and fanfics that span multiple fandoms in the book xovers universe. The frame story is set immediately after the tng season 3 episode deja q. An actual theme consists of a topic and a message which is the same as what the author is trying to tell the readers about the topic. Friendship quotes shakespeare quotes by theme enotes. Along with his brother jordan, josh plays on a highly competitive team with the potential to. Josh wonders if shes having a book club meeting as she asks josh to sit down.
The crossover summary and study guide supersummary. Commonlit book pairings the crossover free reading. A bulletin board for the wonderful newbery book the crossover by kwame. On the one thousandth year of nightmare moons banishment, celestia draws upon the reality bending power of the red stone of aja to purify her sisters evil.
Tng cast except for q show up, though a few are briefly mentioned. The crossover series, book 1 the crossover by kwame alexander. For instance, there definitely seems to be some crossover between duty and the theme choices that is, people who have a. A case study on friendship as a literary theme diy mfa. The book explores many themes such as friendship, family, jealousy, competition, consequences, communication, love, life and death told in verse. If laura hillenbrand wrote louie went through hell, she would have been glossing over a lot, but she still would have been accurate. The crossover, by kwame alexander the new york times. Oct 31, 2016 keys to exploring friendship as a literary theme. Including several friendships can further strengthen this theme. This heartwarming graphic novel about friendships and surviving junior high. Friendship themes in upper elementary novels friendshipsdeveloping them, growing them, and maintaining them is part of growing up. His two loves are family and basketball, and his life is full of opportunities to combine them. My little pony bizarre adventures by latebronywriter.
With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. However, this is a good basic list that you can build from. Mar 12, 20 i intend to use these books and resources within my future classroom to show my students the importance of friendship. Basketball jargon throughout the narrative doubles as narrative detail. This sets up what will be the most important relationship in the book. This is a murder mystery in the style of agatha christie, following a statewide music festival, wherein hundreds of students have gathered at a hotel infamous for a murder. So if youre trying to figure out the theme of a book, the theme might be friendship makes one stronger or. The book contains a tight plot that encompasses family, friendship, love, health, and more. Learn how to find the theme of a book or short story. The crossover 2014, alexander revisits previous themes and formats while. Its author, kwame alexander, aims to reach a wide variety of readers, including reluctant ones, through sports stories that are really about family, love, and friendship. The narrator of the novel which is told in verse is josh bell, an 8thgrade boy.
The crossovers narrator, josh bell, captures the highs and lows of adolescence through vivid descriptions of heartpounding threepointers and monotonous. It won the 2015 newbery medal and a coretta scott king book honor, and may inspire a discussion about healthy lifestyle choices and. The crossover by kwame alexander fiction, poetry free verse publisher. For instance, there definitely seems to be some crossover between duty and the theme choices that is, people who have a particular duty dont have a choice. Being an upper elementary teacher, mom, wife, sister, daughter, coach, and friend, i find that friendship is a focus of so much of my day. May 12, 2017 parents need to know that author and poet kwame alexanders the crossover is a poignant novel in verse that mixes basketball, family, and comingofage themes and includes serious issues regarding adult health and a parents lifethreatening condition. Kwame alexanders the crossover contains ten basketball rules poems that apply to life. But themes cross over all the time between the two categories.
The first sentence in the book starts with a mention of danny saunders, the narrator reuven malters future best friend. He conducts creative writing workshops in middle and high schools, often reaching more than 500 students monthly. A books theme is not the same as its plot or its moral lesson, but these elements are related and necessary in building the larger story. Josh and jb are at the crucial age of passing from being children to young adults. So if youre trying to figure out the theme of a book, the theme might be friendship makes one stronger or one cannot survive without friendship. The plot of a novel is the action that takes place within the course of the narrative. You know exactly the kid who needs this book, who will fall in love with this book. Harry potter and book thief crossover fanfiction archive with over 7 stories. Animals, friendship because of winndixie by kate dicamillo, a 2001 newbery honor book, tells a heartwarming story about love, friendship and tolerance.
Others expectations of you are determined by their limitations of life. Its about a junior high school kid, josh aka filthy and his parents and twin brother, jordan j. Their father, chuck da man bell, was a famous basketball. Friendship is magic fic since none of the star trek. However a magical accident causes the stone to explode scattering it across equestria in the process.
See more ideas about friendship theme, bucket filler, beginning of school. A reading list for the best new books featuring books that are targeted at adults but are likely to be of interestsuitable for teens, with links to full book information. Therefore, when i came across the crossover, it intrigued me. Family is an important theme in the novel the crossover by kwame alexander.
One of the handful of titles i havent read on this list, i know its a huge crossover read in part because of its inclusion on the american library associations alex awards. Main characters of the realistic fiction book are opal buloni, a 10yearold girl, and winndixie, the dog she has found in the town grocery. They learned from their dad, chuck da man, who played in. My little pony friendship is magic crossover fanfic recs. In my book the crossover by kwame alexander, one of th. In unbroken, we see louie survive crash landings, shark. Intergenerational friendship fascinates me, and this book promises some humor, too.
See more ideas about crossover, sports theme classroom and teaching poetry. Like with our case study on family, character relationships are the key to cultivating friendship as a literary theme. School library journal description the dazzling story of a girl navigating friendship. For instance, does ged have a duty to pechvarry because of their friendship. I believe that friendship is something that every one needs to have in order to live a life worth lived and by me taking the time with theses books to show my future students how a friendship works will make me feel that i made an impact on their lives.
Oct 06, 2014 the crossover will make a great bridge to books like matthew quicks boy21, too, both because of the content and the welldrawn, dynamic, and memorable characters. Heres how the fellowship of the ring and the book thief accomplish this. Alexanders highly anticipated followup to newberywinning the crossover is a reflective narrative, with little of the first books explosive energy. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis.
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