The Crossover by Kwame Alexander is a book with lots of basketball so if you like basketball you might enjoy this book. This book is not just about basketball though. It is also about Josh Bell and his brother, Jordan and challenges they face along the way. There is also Josh's mom Crystal and her worrying about Josh's dad Chuck Bell's health.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes basketball, suspenseful books, and books in verse.








I give The Crossover 4.6 out of 5 stars

Ban This Book

Ban This Book by Alan Gratz is a book about a girl named Amy Anne Ollinger, and she loves to read. But when a parent decides to remove her favorite book, From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, from the library, she's upset. So she and her friends start a locker library where anyone can get any of the banned books. But she has to be careful because anyone could tell on her.

The author is also the author of Prisoner 3-B087 and Refugee, Alan Gratz.

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Monster

Sixteen-year old-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial, he's not your casual drug store robber, he's been charged for murdering 42-year-old Mr. Nesbitt after stealing five cigarette packs. After being charged guilty Steve is sent to prison how will he spend his time? A lifetime sentence in jail is a very long time.
Steve decides to turn his life into a movie, well a movie in his head. Read as Steve learns its harder than it looks to think straight in jail.

I recommend this book to anyone who likes books written in a script.

Monster (Graphic Novel) by Walter Dean Myers is a book about a kid named Steve Harmon who is 16 and is being accused of murder. He has to go to court and try to defend himself. Will he be in jail or will he be able to spend time somewhere else than a prison?

I recommend this book to anyone who...

•  likes Graphic Novels
• likes suspenseful books
• likes stories with crime involved

I would have given Monster a higher rating if it was more action packed.

Warning: Monster is a Young Adult book.⚠

I give Monster 3.5 stars.

Crossover

Crossover by Kwame Alexander is a book about how a young boy loves basketball, and then how he losses all of it. It is an amazing book about things that happen in real life today.



Recommended for...

People who love basketball

Anyone who loves any type of sport

Anyone who loves a really good book


I rate this book a 3.5/5 stars

Hey, Kiddo

Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosocza is about the author's life. As a young boy, his mother was in and out of rehab centers, and he was so young and had no idea what was going on. As he started to grow up though, he realized his mother was a heroine addict, and she had been from a very young age. His father was nowhere to be found, and never had been, so he spent most of his life with his grandparents.


I recommend this book for...

• People who love graphic novels
• People who don't read a lot of graphic novels
• People who like to know what's really going on in the world

I rate this book 3/5 stars

An added note...

This book is based on real life, real addictions, and real things that happen all the time. If you don't think you can handle a heavy book like this, I advise you do not read it.

Read it its funny

      
Hey, you are you into Award Winner, Humor, Historical Fiction, Ethnic Diversity books then you should read this book because I'm telling you, You will love this book and laugh so hard that you might even pee your pants because I think I almost did.   This book is about this kid named bud and not buddy just bud and he is 10 years old and he probably has the funniest life in the whole world.

Would you want to see what happens after you die?

You're just playing with a toy gun in the park, then your gone, shot by a police officer that claims you were big, scary, and he felt attacked, you barely noticed he was there. The book Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes is about a 12-year-old boy named Jerome that is shot and watches watch happens after he dies. No one can see him, not his family, not the police officer, not the judge, no one but the police officers daughter. I would recommend this to anyone that has had someone close to them pass away, wants to see the true difference between where we live and other people live. I would 100% percent rate this 5 out of 5 stars.

The Odyssey

The Odyssey, one of the world's classics, is about the travels and troubles of Odysseus. Familiar with Greek mythology? You know who I'm talking about.
However, this book is called an epic poem for a reason. The poem itself is 485 pages long, and the plot is complicated. So I do not recommend this book to you unless you think you can handle it, because it is kind of a difficult read.
This book does have some language.


I rate this book 3.5 stars, just because it is a difficult read.

She's Mexican american and she officially can't exist

I read My sister's copy of Someone like me and it all about this Mexican American girl named Julissa Arce. She was born in a bathroom and got tangled up in her umbilical cord and now her mother cannot have any other babies. When she was six, her parents started selling jewelry in America.  When she was seven, most of her parent's jewelry got stolen when they were eating lunch. Then when she was ten, her mother had another baby. Julissa now had 2 older sisters and one younger brother. After that, she moved to America with her mom and dad.  Her dad started to abuse her by hitting her with something until it broke. They became super poor because her dad drunk 10 cans of beer every night. They have to move to a different state and Julissa wants to have a quinceanera but her family does not have the money. Her dad gets arrested because he abused Julissa and her mom and now she and her mom can't go back to Mexico, because Julissa was only using a two-year guest permit to live in America but now that it has expired, she will get killed if the police find out about her. she needs to keep a low profile, get into college, and become an actual American citizen.

I recomend this book to people who like young adult books and people who like diverse non-americans.

The name of this book is The Crossover.
This book is about twin brothers Josh bell, and JB bell they are both very talented Basketball players but when JB gets a girlfriend it spreads the too brothers apart when JB spends all his free time with his girlfriend and never his brother Josh.

I recommend this book to people who...

• Like Basketball
• Like to read verse

Living down south with people hating you and all your friends and family.

Stella by Starlight was a great book and I would highly recommend it because there are three major events that are shocking and page turning. The book is about a girl named Stella who is black and lives in the south in early 1900 when the KKK active.  Stella and her brother see the Klan burning a cross across the pond. Then the neighborhood goes crazy. Read the book to find out what happens next.

If you like basketball and you wanna read about something you don't usually read about and in a poetry format then read this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Crossover Written y Kwame Alexander

The book is about the main character, Josh Bell aka Filthy McNasty. He and his twin brother Jordan JB are talented basketball players, but jealousy threatens to split them apart when JB gets a girlfriend. 

I recommend this book to anybody who likes basketball and reading something that they don't usually read.

I give this book a 10 out of 10 and over a 10 out of 10.

A Night Divided

The book A Night Divided is about a twelve-year-old girl who her family got split up when she was very young named Gerta Lowe. One day her brother and her dad went on the other side of the wall to see if like was good over there and four years later they finally spoke again. Everyday Gerta would walk by the wall to school and see her brother and dad. Until one day when her dad is giving her a signal about digging from here childhood song. Will she find out the reason why he's motioning digging?? Will her family reunite?????  I recommend this book to anyone who likes mysterious thing and cliffhangers. I also recommend this book to people who can take dying and guns and lots of shooting.

Simon VS. The Homo Sapiens Agenda (LOL funny)

 Simon Spier is a gay sixteen-year-old who would rather save his drama for the school musical. But when class clown Martin finds his secret emails to a mysterious someone. Simon's sexual identity is in jeopardy of being thrown into the universe. Read Simon VS. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli to find out.

I recommend this book to people that like super humorous teen books.

Warning!!! This book is a young adult novel and is not suitable for young readers.

I would rate this book:

Anything But Typical

The book Anything But Typical is about a twelve year old autistic boy named Jason Blake. He likes to write his own stories and post them on a website. One day a girl named Rebecca who's username is PhoenixBird sees his stories and they start emailing each other. When Jason gets a chance to meet her, he doesn't want her to see that he's autistic. Will he take the chance of her rejection??? This is a good book for people that like books about hardships. 

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           THREE STARS

Have you ever wanted to tell someone a secret... but you're scared it will change everything?

IF I WAS YOUR GIRL by Meredith Russo
I don't care what I've said in the past. THIS IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ. Period.

Amanda Hardy just moved in with her Dad. They haven't seen each other in years, but yet here he is. Amanda lived with her Mom, but it wasn't safe for Amanda there. She needed a fresh start. She promises herself not to get to close to anyone because that would be dangerous. "Keep your head down, keep a low profile," she tells herself. But then Amanda meets Grant. Grant is different than most boys. Caring, thoughtful, funny, someone Amanda wants to get to know. As Amanda and Grant get closer, Amanda wants to know everything about Grant. And she wants to share everything about herself to him too. Including her past. But she's afraid that once Grant knows the truth, he's going to see her differently. See her as she used to be. See her as a boy.


Recommended for...

• Anyone who loves strong female characters
• Anyone who loves the power of friendship
• Anyone who LOVES plot twists 
• Anyone who loves reading a really, really, really good book

WARNING!

Anyone who cannot handle or you feel uncomfortable with strong language (such as swears, adult talk, etc.) I do not recommend this book for you because it has a lot of strong language.



I rate this book 10/5 stars because it is SO good

Monster Review, A window into a courtroom

A teenager is sent to court for a crime he didn't commit... or did he? He writes his life down as a movie. A movie called Monster. 

This book was alright but I  would not recommend this book to anyone who does not like novels in verse.  
I didn't really like it until I got two thirds of the way through.
overall I think this book was decent.

Ghost Boys a good book

I read ghost boys and it does get sad because this does happen to some people just because they have a different skin color and people should not be treated like this because of the way they look it should not matter what your skin color is you should be treated the same but we live in a safe country where this does not happen a lot. The boy is telling the story as him as a ghost. It is also sad to think about because this does actually happen in the world.  And people don't deserve to be treated this way.


But if you don't like sad books this is not your book.

I would rate it 4 1/2

This an awesome that you should read

                                                                                          The crossover was written by Kwame Alexander was a great book especially if you like basketball. I think this was a widow for me because these two kids in the book are only in 7th grade and in their life they have to experience a horrific  thing that happens to them at  the end of the book. I personally haven't experience what has happened to these two twin brothers.


 I would  recommend this book to people that like basketball but you don't even have to like basketball to like this book because it is about so much more. if you like cliffhangers then you might like this book.








I would give this book 4.5 stars.