Awards and honors Īlexander received many awards as a writer. The Door of No Return a historical verse novel set in Ghana in 1861 told from the perspective of eleven year old, Koffi was inspired by his visits to Ghana. He is a regular contributor to National Public Radio's Morning Edition program. Īlexander runs the Bookinaday program to introduce children to writing and publishing. He won a 2020 Newbery Honor for his illustrated poem The Undefeated. Books Īlexander's picture book Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band, was selected for the 2014 "Michigan Reads! One State, One Children's Book" program. Fortunately he took a writing class with award-winning poet, Nikki Giovanni. His father was a scholar and book publisher and his mother was an educator so he was always surronded by books.Īlexander attended Virginia Tech, where he began premedical studies.
Rebound is perfect for anyone you know who thinks they don’t like reading (particularly any 12-year-old boys), and also everyone who does.Kwame Alexander (born August 21, 1968) is an American writer of poetry and children's fiction.Īlexander was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew up in Virginia. When you finish it, you just want to read it again. The poetry grabs you and won’t let you go the raw emotion and powerful storytelling pours out of the pages. This is the prequel to Kwame Alexander’s masterful and Newbery prize-winning basketball verse novel The Crossover (and it’s fine to read the two in either order).Īlso written in verse, Rebound is funny, moving and full of great ideas on how to live your life – and almost impossible not to read in one sitting. Here, his cousin Roxie introduces him to basketball, his grandad introduces him to hard work and jazz, and things begin to change. It seems like nothing can make him feel any joy in life now and that nothing ever will – not even his lovely best friends CJ (Crystal) and Skinny.Īfter he gets into a spot of trouble, his mum decides to send him to spend the summer with his paternal grandparents a few hours drive away.
It’s 1988 and Charlie Bell (later to become Chuck ‘Da Man’ Bell) is 12 years old and going through the hardest time in his life after his dad dies from a stroke.
0 kommentar(er)
