All reviews are written independently by our editorial team. Writer and poet Kwame Alexander is the showrunner for "The Crossover," the Emmy-winning TV series based on his children's book of the ...

For The Crossover, Kwame Alexander has used the name of a basketball move for his title. A crossover is where the player switches the ball quickly from one hand to the other, often to trick their ...

Kwame Alexander, photos by Thai Neave. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $14.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-544-57097-9 Newbery Medalist Alexander (The Crossover) uses basketball as a metaphor for growth on and ...