Kwame Alexander earned a lot of praise for his novel-in-verse Crossover, and its follow-up, Booked, is a Cybils nominee this year in the Poetry category. For a thoughtful review of today’s featured title, check out the Goodreads review by Round 1 judge Linda Baie, a retired teacher and lit coach who blogs at TeacherDance:
“I love the voice of this boy, Mark, a twelve year old lover of soccer, and oh so smart, but he doesn’t like showing that to his teachers.”
Click here to read the full review.