03692cam a2200361 4500 283144242 TxAuBib 20170128120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780544787711 0544787714 B011H55HS6 Amazon 9b8d7e89-5012-4e82-bd79-29e095400de8 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2287309 OverDrive (Product ID) 2287309 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Alexander, Kwame. Booked [Libby]. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 4297kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 4297kB. Juvenile Fiction. Juvenile Literature. HTML:<p>Starred review from March 7, 2016<br /> Alexander scores again with this sports-themed verse novel, a companion to his Newbery Medal–winning The Crossover. Eighth grader Nick, a devoted soccer player and fan, enjoys some friendly competition with his best friend, Coby. What Nick doesn't like is words—neither the ones in the dictionary that his linguistics professor father wrote (and is making him read) nor the ones he learns in his honors English class. But the school's quirky rapping librarian, Mr. Mac, helps Nick discover both a love of reading and a way to connect with the girl of his dreams. Alexander skillfully juggles verse styles to realistically capture Nick's humor and smarts (showcased in witty footnoted definitions of words like "cachinnate" and "mewling"), passion for soccer, and vulnerability when being bullied, having surgery, or facing his parents' troubled marriage. Emotionally resonant and with a pace like a player on a breakaway, Nick's story will have readers agreeing: "The poems/ were cool./ The best ones were/ like bombs,/ and when all the right words/ came together/ it was like an explosion./ So good, I/ didn't want it to end." Ages 10–12. Agent: Deborah Warren, East West Literary Agency.</p>. Publisher's Weekly. HTML:<p><b>National Book Award Long List<br /> <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller</b><br /> <i>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/</i><br /> <i>can't nobody cop you...</i><br /> 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.<br /> 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!</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2017-01-28 23:00:02. http://lonestardigitalibrary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=9b8d7e89-5012-4e82-bd79-29e095400de8 https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9b8d7e89-5012-4e82-bd79-29e095400de8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9b8d7e89-5012-4e82-bd79-29e095400de8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9b8d7e89-5012-4e82-bd79-29e095400de8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXKYP