Best Fiction for Young Adults
Alexander,
K. (2014). The crossover. Retrieved July 7, 2016, from
southtexas.libaryreserve.com.
Summary:
Flithy aka Josh Bell loves basketball.
Josh is a seventh grader who has a twin brother named JB, he and Josh
are the stars of their basketball team.
Their dad Chuck was a star basketball player and played professionally
in Italy. Josh and JB both love basketball,
but it is Josh who truly admires and wishes to emulate his father by following
in his father’s footsteps. For Josh, basketball is not merely about fame at
school, or future fortune, but because he truly does have a love for the game
itself. He loves his family dearly, and loves the way life is going for him.
Until he is forced to cut his dread locks and his brother gets a
girlfriend. Josh is left feeling lonely
and angry at his brother for the changes in his life. Josh’s anger boils over during a basketball
game where he nearly breaks his brother’s nose because of a pass he through too
hard. After this incident JB won’t even
speak to Josh, leaving him feeling even more alone. Josh’s father suffers a heart attack due to a
lifetime of poor eating habits and heredity.
His dad dies after several more heart attacks in the hospital. Josh comes to understand that he still has
his brother. JB feels the same way, and as such, both brothers renew their
relationship and realize aside from their mother they will always have each
other. This young adult novel is written
entirely in poetic verse. It has many of
the characteristics of effective poetry such as relatability, rhythm, rhyme,
imagery, and figurative language. The
relatability of the subject matter is a major hook for young readers and the
family theme is one that all readers can relate to.
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