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414 pp.
| Houghton |
April, 2018 |
TradeISBN 978-0-544-86813-7$16.99
|
EbookISBN 978-1-328-47663-0
(1)
4-6
Illustrated by
Dawud Anyabwile.
In this 1988-set prequel to The Crossover, twelve-year-old Charlie Bell is spending the summer with his grandparents following the sudden death of his father. He finds solace on the basketball court. This story of realistic family dynamics, a search for confidence, and first romance is propelled by energetic, staccato poetry and elevated by a visceral exploration of grief. Occasional comics visualizing the fast-paced basketball action explode off the page.
Reviewer: Eric Carpenter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2018