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The Crossover

by Kwame Alexander

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Nicholas said: " “Dad in the hospital for nineteen days and counting.”
I feel like Kwame Alexander did a great job on this realistic fiction book titled The Crossover. This title has a double meaning and I feel that this quote leads to something deeper behind it. I r “Dad in the hospital for nineteen days and counting.”
I feel like Kwame Alexander did a great job on this realistic fiction book titled The Crossover. This title has a double meaning and I feel that this quote leads to something deeper behind it. I really did enjoy his writing and I feel like the words that Alexander used had a lot of thought behind them. I honestly think that this is one of my favorite books I've ever read. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a good story with a great message.
This book is about a basketball family of four told in first person.The main characters in this book are Filthy, JB, Da Man, Mom, and Miss Sweet Tea. It is told by Josh and gives his perspective on everything including games, school, home, and most importantly the main conflicts. I really enjoyed the characters in this book and how everyone got along and joked around with each other but also had conflict with each other which was later solved in the book. I feel that the way the characters interacted helped make the book not only easy to read but fun to read as well.
I still am not sure why Da Man hated doctors and hospitals. I am also not sure why Filthy seemed to show such little emotion compared to his family. One of the messages was that tragedy can help bring people closer together. I do agree with this because I think that once something tragic happens that affects multiple people, you are all on the same page and realize you need each other to get through.
This author's style is very descriptive and asks a lot of questions. When the author is talking he uses the word “I” a lot along with certain words that describe his feelings/ beliefs. “I've never had a girlfriend, but if I did you better believe she'd be Pulchritudinous.”(Alexander 55). In this quote the author is giving an example of what Filthy believes. The author always uses correct grammar and when ever he is describing something or talking to someone he puts the words in italics. I also noticed that whenever he is describing something powerful he tends to make the text different sizes to really exaggerate what is going on. Two very unique things that I have noticed is that every page is set up like a poem with stanzas and sometimes the title of the page will be the beginning of the first sentence.“Having a mother is good when she rescues you…”(Alexander 55). It is also very unique how each chapter is set up as a quarter in a basketball game. “FOURTH QUARTER” (Alexander 197).
I really liked how the words in the book were set up like a poem because this made it easy for me to read and understand it. I didn't like how some of the words were scattered on the page when something exciting was happening because it made it a little harder to read. This book matters because if we are ever faced with a tragic situation we will know to stick close to important people to get through. ...more "

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