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Booked

4.18 ( 18,779 Ratings by Goodreads)
Booked

Booked

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4.18 (18,779 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 5 May, 2016
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Description

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/can’t nobody cop you… Twelve-year-old Nick is a football-mad boy who absolutely hates books. In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel The Crossover, football, family, love, and friendship take centre stage as Nick tries to figure out how to navigate his parents’ break-up, stand up to bullies, and impress the girl of his dreams. These challenges – which seem even harder than scoring a tie-breaking, game-winning goal – change his life, as well as his best friend’s. This energetic novel-in-verse by the poet Kwame Alexander captures all the thrills and setbacks, the action and emotion of a World Cup match.
Prizes

Nominated for CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018 (UK)

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Type Book
ISBN13 9781783444656
ISBN10 1783444657
Number Of Pages 320
Item Weight 256 g
Product Dimensions 129 x 198 x 20 mm
Publisher / Reseller Andersen Press Ltd
Format paperback
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"An obvious love of words, and the way they flow together and create their own rhythm, makes Alexander’s work somewhat irresistible. . . To pick up Booked is to find yourself turning page after page, swept along as Nick spills out his story." * New York Times *
"A satisfying, winning read" * Kirkus, starred review *
"Eminently readable . . . readers will surely love Alexander's joyous word play and celebration of reading" * Booklist, starred review *
"Alexander scores again. Emotionally resonant and with a pace like a player on a breakaway." * Publishers Weekly, starred review *
"Warm and believable . . . Alexander understands reluctant readers deeply, and here hands them a protagonist who is a smart, reading-averse kid" * Horn Book, starred review *

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Author's Bio

Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including Rebound, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, The Crossover, winner of the Newbery Medal, and The Undefeated, winner of the Caldecott Medal. Kwame is also the recipient of several other awards, including the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award and the Coretta Scott King Author Honour. He is the writer and executive producer of The Crossover TV series, which won a Daytime Emmy Award, and is co-founder of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy programme.

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