Bibliograph

Booked, Kwame Alexander

Type

Label

Booked, Kwame Alexander

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Booked

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

945556561

Responsibility statement

Kwame Alexander

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 3.9, 3, 3, 181133

Summary

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... Soccer, family, love, and friendship take center stage as twelve-year-old Nick learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. Helping him along are his best friend and sometimes teammate Coby, and The Mac, a rapping librarian who gives Nick inspiring books to readNick Hall is the star player on the soccer team until a bombshell announcement shatters his world

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Creator