Crossover

Alexander, K. (2014). Crossover. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Josh and Jordan (JB) Bell are twin brothers, the sons of former Professional European basketball player Charles (Chuck) "Da Man" Bell. They are preteens who have done pretty much everything together and are all the sudden growing apart. While they both love basketball, other things start to become just as important as it does with most boys. Other things like girls, love, crushes, and jealousy. Another theme throughout the book  is trust. Without giving too much away the narrator and his father both must deal with some trust issues to be able to heal fractures that are starting in the family unit.

The story is written in free verse prose. Kwame Alexander uses the voice of a preteen African American boy to produce a wonder story on family love and growing up.  You do not have to love basketball to appreciate this book and be moved to tears.