I love that the main characters are not perfect people, but that they learn from their mistakes. I love poetry, and I suspect, that this played a part in that. I quickly became invested in the story as soon as I began reading it. This is a book that should be read rather than listened to.

However, I started listening to the audio book, but then switched to reading the paper version. I just don’t have anything in common with the characters’ lives. I initially had a difficult time getting engaged in this book. Josh’s father was a famous basketball player in Europe and has taught Josh and his brother JB how to play the game that combined with a lot of natural talent, makes for the winning of a lot of basketball games. The story is a quick read about a junior high school basketball player named Josh. Ages 14 up.The Crossover by Kwame Alexander was the winner of the 2015 Newbery Award.

A fiery and funny romance with an undercurrent of social justice and awareness. Facebook posts, email exchanges, and articles in the school newspaper provide additional forums for classmates' verbal sparring. Then I'll cut him loose like the stray dawg that he is'), but the teens end up surprising each other as they mobilize a protest. Football along until the protest gets some legs. Claudia sees right through him ('Yeah, I'll just string Mr. Omar is shot down time and again, but he sees an opening when the school board cuts arts funding, aligning himself with Claudia's mission to overturn the board's decision.

Omar is getting plenty of action, on and off the field, and he bets his friends that he can sleep with Claudia within a month ('Trust me, cuz, it'll never happen,' says one of his friends. The stakes are high, the romance is hot, and when these worlds collide, watch out!Īs the title suggests, Alexander's (Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band) first book for teens jumps between the narratives of two teens who don't see eye to eye: star quarterback Omar 'T-Diddy' Smalls and Harvard-bound student activist Claudia Clarke. He Said, She Said is a fun and fresh novel from Kwame Alexander that throws these two high school seniors together when they unexpectedly end up leading the biggest social protest this side of the Mississippi-with a lot of help from Facebook and Twitter. She does not have a minute to waste on Mr. Here's what Claudia Clarke cares about: Harvard, the poor, the disenfranchised, the hungry, the staggering teen pregnancy rate, investigative journalism. He says: Omar 'T-Diddy' Smalls has got it made-a full football ride to UMiami, hero-worship status at school, and pick of any girl at West Charleston High. Sparks will fly in this hip-hop-hot teen novel that mixes social protest and star-crossed romance, from Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Honor–winning author Kwame Alexander! He Said, She Said is perfect for fans of Walter Dean Myers and Rachel Vail alike.

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