Pages:
237
Publisher:
Andersen Press
Release
Date: 8th
October 2015
Edition:
UK paperback,
review copy
Other
Titles by this Author: He Said She Said, Acoustic
Rooster and His Barnyard Band, Indigo Bloom and the Garden City, Little Boys
Soar
“A
bolt of lightning on my kicks…
The court is sizzling.
My Sweat is drizzling.
Stop
all that quivering.
Cuz tonight I’m delivering.”
Josh
and his twin Jordan have basketball in their blood. They're kings of the court,
star players for their school.
But
when Jordan meets a girl, the twins’ tight-knit bond is tested – are the rules
of the game about to be broken?
The
Crossover is a
fast-paced, rhythmic verse novel that packs an emotional punch.
Those that even slightly know me
with know that sports and me aren’t really even in the same universe so I was a
little hesitant about The Crossover as
there’s such a focus on Josh and JB’s love of basketball. But it didn’t put me
off at all. I loved the passion they feel for the sport, the drive they have to
succeed and the way it connects the twins to their former professional
basketball player dad. It's in their blood.
For a novel with so few words,
there’s a lot going on beside the basketball: the mystery of why their dad
stopped playing, the rift forming between the twins when JB gets a girlfriend and
Josh gets jealous and fears losing his twin. I’m continuingly surprised by the
depths that can be reached through verse novels and even though I had guessed
what the novel was building up to put it still packed an emotional punch. There
was a moment where I thought there may be tears!
I really enjoyed The Crossover. It’s a quick, engaging
and pacy read.
Thanks to Andersen Press for the
review copy.
Sophie
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