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By Kwame Alexander, Dawud Anyabwile Series streaming now on Disney+, with executive producers including NBA great LeBron James! The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award–winning middle grade bestseller! Basketball and heartache share the court in this slam-dunk novel in verse. "With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I’m delivering," announces dreadlocked, 12-year old Josh Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood. He's got mad beats, too, that tell his family's story in verse, in this fast and furious middle grade novel of family and brotherhood from Kwame Alexander. AWARDS Kirkus Reviews Best Books Nene Award (Hawaii) Newbery Medal Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award (Illinois) School Library Journal Best Book Sequoyah Children's Book Award (Oklahoma) Texas Lone Star Reading List Kirkus Best of the 21st Century