The Crossover

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Experience the award-winning middle grade novel The Crossover by Kwame Alexander, a Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award winner that blends basketball, family, and powerful verse into an unforgettable coming-of-age story. Perfect for readers who love sports fiction with emotional depth, this bestselling novel explores brotherhood, identity, and the rhythm of growing up.

Twelve-year-old Josh Bell and his twin brother Jordan are unstoppable on the basketball court. With speed, skill, and natural talent, they dominate the game and share a bond that feels unbreakable. But life off the court is more complicated. As the pressures of growing up begin to shift their relationship, Josh struggles to balance basketball, family expectations, and his own voice expressed through poetry.

Told in dynamic, rhythmic verse, The Crossover captures the intensity of competition and the emotional highs and lows of adolescence. When a turning point forces the brothers to confront change, loss, and responsibility, their world is forever altered in ways that test their strength both on and off the court.

Powerful, lyrical, and deeply moving, this groundbreaking novel is a story about family, sacrifice, and learning what truly matters when the game is over.