he Crossover is a John Newbery Medal.This book is by Kwame Alexander. ”The Crossover” is a book that is not only about basketball but is also about family.This book is about Josh Bell's life.His life follows him being in love with basketball.Not only from his dad being a basketball player but he also has a twin brother who also loves or plays basketball .His world revolves around basketball and his family.When basketball and family collide it gets hard for Josh Bell to handle.
The Crossover is a 237 page book where it shows events of Josh Bell life and the many different characters of his life.Josh "Filthy McNasty" Bell is Josh nickname.He is tall and has locks and is in 7th grade. Josh is good at basketball. Josh’s favorite subject at school
To represent a way he overcomes obstacles in basketball is when Arnold says, “I don’t know what happened. But for once, and for the only time in my life, I jumped higher than Rowdy. I rose above him as he tried to dunk it. I TOOK THE BALL RIGHT OUT OF HIS HANDS!” (192) This represents overcoming obstacles because Arnold had to work hard to be more exceptional than Rowdy. He also had to overcome being the underdog on the basketball team and an underdog in the all white school. Arnold was able to overcome being the underdog in both situations. He even overcame being one of the underdogs on the reservation who would get bullied. At the very ending of the book Arnold gets his best friend back, even though Rowdy may be angry and want Arnold to go to school with him Rowdy lets it go.
Adoration for even the most simple or ordinary matters is an aspect of ourselves that we cannot easily hide. Whether it was an evening by the fire, a trip to the bookstore, or even the coming of a beautiful season, activities that bring us joy can be evident by mere attentiveness or the reaction of it. In Juggler, a poem written in 1942 by Richard Wilbur, he brilliantly displays the wondrous and captivating act of a juggler that draws an incredible audience. Richard Wilbur uses lively, vivid imagery and figurate language to describe the entertaining juggler and reveal that the speaker thoroughly enjoys the juggler’s act and positively treasures the experience.
The main character of this book is Ponyboy. Ponyboy was a Greaser he was different from all the others he liked books and movies. Nobody in the Greasers digged books and movies the way Ponyboy did. Ponyboy was fourteen years old and he had two brothers that he lived with his older brother Darrel who they call Darry and his second older brother Sodapop who was sixteen going on seventeen. Ponyboy only live with his brothers because they mother and father was killed in a car accident. Ponyboy wanted to be like a movie star Paul Newman he wished he looked like him. Ponyboy always thought his brother Darry never cared about him or anything else. Ponyboy had a friend Jonny. Johnny was a Greaser too but he was the softest one but after he got jumped that changed he always carried a switchblade on him.
Josh Bell(Filthy McNasty)l is an active, hard working, ambitious, 12 year old, but that’s not all to him and his twin brother JB. These twin twisters will knock you off your feet on the court and in the street. They are the masterminds of their junior high basketball stardom. Although they are twins they could not be more different. Josh is one inch taller, can dunk and has golden locks to fly him to the hoop, but the fact that they are different makes them work so well together. Though they couldn’t have learned all of their tricks without the help of their all-star father Chuck “Da Man” Bell. After their father’s career abruptly ended, he made his goal to train his boys to follow in his footsteps. Their mother keeps of all of Bell boys in
The relationship of brothers usually lasts forever, but in Louise Erdrich’s short story “The Red Convertible”, the relationship of the main characters Lyman and Henry takes a turn. Erdrich takes her audience through the experiences these brothers face and how they must come to terms that their relationship has changed. Knowing that it will most likely never be the same both Lyman and Henry try to fix their relationship until eventually one falls because of the experiences he faced in life. While Lyman may think the red convertible will save his and Henry’s relationship, Erdrich makes it clear that it will not through the characterization of the brothers, the plot of the story, and the symbolism she uses to tell her story.
Turning point occurs when an exclusive Manhattan prep school recruits Jamal for his basketball talent and his academic achievement, and he seeks Forrester’s help in dealing with the new environment. Jamal gradually becomes committed not only to his own writing, but to cracking Forrester’s shell.” (p2) Jamal and Forrester are not your usual pair of friends; a 16-year-old basketball player and an extraordinary writer are not two people you usually see together often. Not only do they get closer, they also start to realize what the other needs. They are both extremely different from each other so they are going to overcome their situations by showing courage in opposite ways. Forrester finds his courage by being outgoing and visiting the school to speak to them, while Jamal finds his courage differently by setting himself outside of the stereotype. Jamal is a very smart boy but he also plays sports; thus, he is outside of the stereotype. Jamal goes to his basketball practice at the school and meets Heartwell. Heartwell is a classmate that plays on the basketball team with Jamal. From the start, Heartwell and Jamal do not get along. When Heartwell and Jamal are on the basketball court during practice, Heartwell gets
Intelligence is a tool a plethora of uses. It can be used to help people out or it can destroy humanity. It can also help a person in bondage find ways out of out. Ignorance is bliss but it’s easier to control a bunch of buffoons than a bevy of intellects. Reading rips open the doors to knowledge that can help break the shackles of ignorance in a way “saving lives.(paragraph 8)” In Sherman Alexie’s “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” he tells his story of his journey through life and how reading saved his life and made him dangerous to the authority higher than him due to being able to think independently from them.
Over the course of this summer I read four books. The books I read were Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J K Rowling, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, and Number the Stars by Lois Lowry again. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J K Rowling was the first book I read this summer and I really liked it. I decided to read the 5th Harry Potter book because I had it and I never really got a chance to read it. The book begins were it had left you of in the 4th book when Harry is just about to enter his 5th year at Hogwarts. He still lives with his aunt and uncle whom he hates because they are mean and evil to him. The letters from his friends are very dull and they have nothing to say, which confuses him and makes him furious. He is also mad because he’s still stuck with the Dursleys all summer long. The story goes with his adventures and challenges throughout his 5th year. The genre is fantasy complete with magic. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes the Harry Potter books. I would also recommend that if you have never read any of the previous books you start from the beginning. I can’t wait ‘till the next book comes out!
Moreover, the title of the poem in itself describes the suffering of the African-American race and their struggle for an identity. “The Cross” shows the African-American’s identity dilemma as a heavy burden or a cross that the African-Americans are forced to bear. At the same time, the title associates the suffering and the struggle of the black race with Christ’s crucifixion.
This book is about Elijah Jumper Breeze he had survived a rough summer. After his dad died crude exactly from a heart attack him and his mom moved from the suburbs into Connecticut to the urban community of Harlem that is in New York City to live with his grandmother. That meant an entirely new neighborhood, new friends and no father to stand next to him. Nevertheless, Jumper survived.(Robinson) He was mostly called by most as Jumper. and is in love with basketball. Another important character is Nia, his best friend. Jumper doesn’t realize what street ball is, and how important it is to kids. Jumper and Nia are running for student council, and this creates a bit of tension between them. Their school doesn’t have a basketball team,
The story begins with a focus on Billy Parham, a homesteader’s son living in New Mexico. Their area begins to have trouble with a she-wolf that traveled up from Mexico and is killing cows from multiple ranchers. Billy and his father set off to capture or kill the wolf, but it becomes a difficult task since the wolf discovers and disables any trap they lay. Eventually, Billy makes one more attempt to capture the wolf by laying the trap in the ashes of a fire. The wolf is caught and her leg injured. BIlly realizes that she is also pregnant. Instead of killing the wolf, however, Billy decides that he will relocate her to Mexico. He manages to muzzle her and begins the long trek. He runs into many incredulous farmers, but eventually enters
I had been worried sick about Pony for hours and when he showed up as late as he did I went off. I was mad as fire and started raising cane at him. Then when Soda started sticking up for him again I went off on Soda because I was tired of him always sticking up for him. That’s when Pony yelled at me so me not thinking about it I shoved him down. I knew then and there that I had made a mistake when Pony took off running out the door. Soda and I thought that he would come right back after he cooled off but he didn’t and that’s when we started to worry. When Soda and I seen Pony and Johnny’s pictures in the paper for killing Bob. Soda and I both knew that only one person would know where they were and it had
When reading a book understanding the context, juxtaposition, and the author’s style is important, so the reader can later interpret the information. Understanding the juxtaposition of a book allows readers to understand how the events of the story are placed. The juxtaposition of a book also helps with comparing and contrasting. If the reader understands what occurrences were placed next to each other, than they can make connections between the various concepts.
“OneWorld Now! is committed to providing critical language skills, leadership training, and study abroad opportunities to underserved youth.” This is the slogan of One World Now!. OWN (One World Now!) Is a program for youth in high school mainly focusing on underserved youth. OWN is a non-profit organization, founded in Seattle, Washington by Kristin Hayden in 2002. In 2010 One World Now! expanded its borders to Hawaii. Students in Hawaii and in Seattle are learning Chinese, Arabic, and now Korean. Arabic and Chinese are one of the top languages to learn in 2017. Not only do the students learn a new language, but taking weekly leadership classes. The students learn about issues happening today outside America, and being taught how to engage
A high school basketball star that dedicates his life to the game, faces pressure from a harsh coach and a distressed mother which results into a downward spiral of drug addiction and crime in the dangerous streets of New York. Jim Carroll, a Caucasian catholic high school student and basketball team member, was raised in a two bedroom warn down apartment with his mother in the slumps of New York, with nothing to do but write about his life through poetry where he used his diary as an escape for his typical teenage views and thoughts. Jim, Pedro and Mickey an unstoppable trio begin the deviant lifestyle by taking pills, smoking marijuana and robbing anything or anyone. Once things become suspicious by their teachers, coach and worried mother