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Kwame Alexander was born  August 21st in Manhattan, NY.  He is a poet and an educator, who started writing when he was 12 years old.   He has currently gotten 28 books publish.

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Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.

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It's about a boy and his brother who play basketball. But it's a much deeper, more complex novel about the challenges that exceptionally “average” characters can have.

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-He loves Tennis along with Basketball
-He went to 13 different schools
-Some of his favorite Arthur's authors are Alice Walker,  and Langston Hughes
-The longest it took him to write a book was 5 years, in which he was writing Crossover
-He has 2 daughters

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@kwamealexander

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- The Coretta Scott King Author Honor
-The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Prize
-Three NAACP Image Award Nominations
-The 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award.

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Click Here to watch the Crossover book trailer.

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Solo tells the story of seventeen-year-old Blade Morrison, who knows the life of a rock star isn't really about the glitz and glamour. All the new cars and money in the world can't make up for the scathing tabloid covers or the fact that his father is struggling with just about every addiction under the sun - including a desperate desire to make a comeback and regain his former fame.