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Becoming Muhammad Ali by Kwame Alexander; James Patterson
28.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
From two heavy-hitters in children's literature comes a critically acclaimed biographical novel of cultural icon Muhammad Ali. *"This utterly delightful story about Ali's childhood is a smash hit." --School Library Journal (starred review) Five starred reviews Before he was a household name, Cassius C ...Show more
Booked: Graphic Novel (The Crossover Series) by Kwame Alexander
28.00 NZD
Category: General Graphic Books
Kwame Alexander's acclaimed verse novel Booked is vividly brought to life as a graphic novel with stunning illustrations by star talent Dawud Anyabwile. 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 ...Show more
Booked (The Crossover Series) by Kwame Alexander
22.00 NZD
Category: Verse Novels
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, fo ...Show more
He Said, She Said by Kwame Alexander
26.00 NZD
Category: Verse Novels
Sparks will fly in this hip-hop-hot teen novel that mixes social protest and star-crossed romance, from Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Honor winning author Kwame Alexander! He Said, She Said is perfect for fans of Walter Dean Myers and Rachel Vail alike. This paperback edition includes a Q&A ...Show more
Out of Wonder: Celebrating Poets and Poetry by Marjory Wentworth; Kwame Alexander
20.00 NZD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
"A culturally rich collection of poetic tributes that extends the legacies of poets from around the globe. . . . A magnificent exploration of the poetic imagination." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Out of gratitude for the poet's art form, Newbery Award-winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along ...Show more
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander
28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
A Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Honoree offer a glorious, lyrical ode to poets who have sparked a sense of wonder. Out of gratitude for the poet s art form, Newbery Award winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage ...Show more
Rebound (The Crossover Series) by Kwame Alexander
23.00 NZD
Category: Verse Novels
'Hoop kings SOARin kicks with wings.Game so sweetit's like bee stings.'It's 1988. Charlie Bell is still mourning his father, and struggling to figure out how he feels for his best (girl) friend, CJ. When he gets into trouble one too many times, he's packed off to stay with his grandparents for the summe ...Show more
Solo by Kwame Alexander
20.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
New York Times bestseller Blade never asked for a life of the rich and famous. In fact, he'd give anything not to be the son of Rutherford Morrison, a washed-up rock star and drug addict with delusions of a comeback. Or to no longer be part of a family known most for lost potential, failure, and trage ...Show more
Swing by Kwame Alexander
20.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction
New York Times bestselling authors Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess (Solo) tell this lyrical story about hope, courage, and love that speaks to anyone who's struggled to find their voice. And the surprise ending shines a spotlight on the issues related to our current social divide, challenging perspec ...Show more
The Crossover (The Crossover Series) by Kwame Alexander
22.00 NZD
Category: Verse Novels
With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering? 12-year-old Josh and his twin Jordan have basketball in their blood. They're kings of the court, star players for their school team. Their father used to be a c ...Show more
The Crossover. The Graphic Novel by Kwame Alexander
28.00 NZD
Category: General Graphic Books | Series: The Crossover
Kwame Alexander's New York Times bestseller and Newbery Medal-winning The Crossover is vividly brought to life as a graphic novel with stunning illustrations by star talent Dawud Anyabwile. New York Times Bestseller - Newbery Medal Winner - Coretta Scott King Honor Award - 2015 YALSA Top Ten Best ...Show more
The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander
23.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction
The #1 New York Times bestseller 'At once vivid and simple, lyrical and surgical, expressive and exacting' Lupita Nyong'o Dreams are today's answers for tomorrow's questions. Eleven-year-old Kofi Offin has dreams of water, of its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets. He has heard the ca ...Show more