The Crossover Tie-in Edition

A Newbery Award Winner

By Kwame Alexander, Dawud Anyabwile

Series streaming now on Disney+, with executive producers including NBA great LeBron James!

The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award–winning middle grade bestseller! Basketball and heartache share the court in this slam-dunk novel in verse.

“With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I’m delivering,” announces dreadlocked, 12-year old Josh Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court.

But Josh has more than basketball in his blood. He’s got mad beats, too, that tell his family’s story in verse, in this fast and furious middle grade novel of family and brotherhood from Kwame Alexander. Josh and Jordan must come to grips with growing up on and off the court to realize breaking the rules comes at a terrible price, as their story’s heart-stopping climax proves a game-changer for the entire family.


ISBN: 9780063289604
Imprint: Clarion Books
On Sale: Feb 14, 2023
List price: $14.99
No of pages: 256
Trim Size: 5.130 in (w) x 7.630 in (h) x 0.550 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Basketball
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education

Kwame Alexander

Dawud Anyabwile

Biography

Dawud Anyabwile is an Emmy Award–winning artist, illustrator, and cocreator of the groundbreaking comic book series Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline. Anyabwile has worked with companies such as Cartoon Network, Turner Studios, NBA TV, Nickelodeon, and many others as a character designer, storyboard artist, illustrator, and concept artist. Anyabwile illustrated the graphic novel adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Anyabwile now volunteers, teaches art classes to young students, and gives lectures when he isn’t working on his art.

Instagram @brothermancomix

Jalyn Hall

Series streaming now on Disney+, with executive producers including NBA great LeBron James!

The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award–winning middle grade bestseller! Basketball and heartache share the court in this slam-dunk novel in verse.

“With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I’m delivering,” announces dreadlocked, 12-year old Josh Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court.

But Josh has more than basketball in his blood. He’s got mad beats, too, that tell his family’s story in verse, in this fast and furious middle grade novel of family and brotherhood from Kwame Alexander. Josh and Jordan must come to grips with growing up on and off the court to realize breaking the rules comes at a terrible price, as their story’s heart-stopping climax proves a game-changer for the entire family.


ISBN: 9780063289604
Imprint: Clarion Books
On Sale: Feb 14, 2023
List price: $14.99
No of pages: 256
Trim Size: 5.130 in (w) x 7.630 in (h) x 0.550 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Basketball
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education

Kwame Alexander

Dawud Anyabwile

Biography

Dawud Anyabwile is an Emmy Award–winning artist, illustrator, and cocreator of the groundbreaking comic book series Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline. Anyabwile has worked with companies such as Cartoon Network, Turner Studios, NBA TV, Nickelodeon, and many others as a character designer, storyboard artist, illustrator, and concept artist. Anyabwile illustrated the graphic novel adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Anyabwile now volunteers, teaches art classes to young students, and gives lectures when he isn’t working on his art.

Instagram @brothermancomix

Jalyn Hall