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The Crossover
- Written by: Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Jalyn Hall
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
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“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,” raps twelve-year-old Josh Bell. Thanks to their dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood—he’s got mad beats, too, which help him find his rhythm when it’s all on the line.
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The Crossover
- Narrated by: Jalyn Hall
- Series: The Crossover [Alexander], Book 1
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 2022-12-13
- Language: English
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Rebound
- Written by: Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
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Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning his own moves. In this prequel to Newbery Medal winner The Crossover, Chuck Bell takes center stage, as listeners get a glimpse of his childhood and how he became the jazz music worshiping basketball star his sons look up to. A novel in verse with all the impact and rhythm listeners have come to expect from Kwame Alexander, Rebound will go back in time to visit the childhood of Chuck "Da Man" Bell during one pivotal summer when young Charlie is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers basketball and learns more about his family's past.
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Rebound
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Series: The Crossover [Alexander], Book 0
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2018-04-02
- Language: English
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Booked
- Written by: Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
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In this middle grade novel-in-verse by the Newbery Medal-winning and Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning author of The Crossover, soccer, family, love, and friendship take center stage as 12-year-old Nick learns the power of words when he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. Helping him along are his best friend and sometimes teammate, Coby; and The Mac, a rapping librarian who gives Nick inspiring books to read.
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- By Candace P on 2019-07-04
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Booked
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2016-04-06
- Language: English
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The Door of No Return
- Written by: Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
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In his village in Upper Kwanta, 11-year-old Kofi loves his family, playing oware with his grandfather and swimming in the river Offin. He’s warned though, to never go to the river at night. His brother tells him ”There are things about the water you do not know. “ Like what? Kofi asks. “The beasts.” His brother answers.
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The Door of No Return
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Series: Door of No Return, Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 2022-09-27
- Language: English
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The Playbook
- 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life
- Written by: Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Ruffin Prentiss
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for ourselves? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of the game to help us get what we want, what we aspire to, what will enrich our lives? The Playbook is intended to provide inspiration for kids ages 10 and up to help them succeed on and off the court.
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The Playbook
- 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life
- Narrated by: Ruffin Prentiss
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 2017-02-14
- Language: English
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Becoming Muhammad Ali
- Written by: James Patterson, Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
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Before he was a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any other. Kwame Alexander and James Patterson join forces to vividly depict his life up to age seventeen in both prose and verse, including his childhood friends, struggles in school, the racism he faced, and his discovery of boxing. Readers will learn about Cassius' family and neighbors in Louisville, Kentucky, and how, after a thief stole his bike, Cassius began training as an amateur boxer at age twelve.
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Becoming Muhammad Ali
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2020-10-05
- Language: English
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Black Star
- Written by: Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Angel Pean, Nile Bullock, Karen Chilton, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
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12-year old Charley Cuffey is many things: a granddaughter, a best friend, and probably the best pitcher in all of Lee’s Mill. Set on becoming the first female pitcher to play professional ball, Charley doesn't need reminders from her best friend Cool Willie Green to know that she has lofty dreams for a Black girl in the American South. Even so, Nana Kofi's thrilling stories about courageous ancestors and epic journeys make it impossible not to dream big. She knows he has so many more to tell, but according to her parents, she isn't old enough to know about certain things.
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Black Star
- Narrated by: Angel Pean, Nile Bullock, Karen Chilton, Aaron Goodson, Dominic Hoffman
- Series: Door of No Return, Book 2
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2024-09-24
- Language: English
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Solo
- Written by: Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander, Randy Preston - music
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
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Blade never asked for a life of the rich and famous. In fact, he’d give anything not to be the son of Rutherford Morrison, a washed-up rock star and drug addict with delusions of a comeback. Or to no longer be part of a family known most for lost potential, failure, and tragedy, including the loss of his mother. The one true light is his girlfriend, Chapel, but her parents have forbidden their relationship, assuming Blade will become just like his father.
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Solo
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander, Randy Preston - music
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 2017-08-01
- Language: English
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Why Fathers Cry at Night
- A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances
- Written by: Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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In a powerfully intimate and non-traditional (or "new-fashioned") memoir, Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man learning how to love. He takes us through stories of his parents: from being awkward newlyweds in the sticky Chicago summer of 1967, to the sometimes-confusing ways they showed their love to each other, and for him. He explores his own relationships—his difficulties as a newly wedded, 22-year-old father, and the precariousness of his early marriage working in a jazz club with his second wife.
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Why Fathers Cry at Night
- A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2023-05-23
- Language: English
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Swing
- Written by: Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
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When America is not so beautiful, or right, or just, it can be hard to know what to do. Best friends Walt and Noah decide to use their voices to grow more good in the world, but first they've got to find cool. Walt is convinced junior year is their year, and he has a plan to help them woo the girls of their dreams and become amazing athletes. Never mind that he and Noah failed to make the high school baseball team yet again, and Noah's love interest since third grade, Sam, has him firmly in the friend zone.
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Love this
- By Linda Bianchi on 2021-11-23
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Swing
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2018-10-02
- Language: English
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This Is the Honey
- An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets
- Written by: Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Mahogany L. Brown, Joel Damany Steingold
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
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In this comprehensive and vibrant poetry anthology, bestselling author and poet Kwame Alexander curates a collection of contemporary anthems at turns tender and piercing and deeply inspiring throughout.
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This is honey poetry anthology
- By Ductung on 2024-03-21
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This Is the Honey
- An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets
- Narrated by: Mahogany L. Brown, Joel Damany Steingold
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2024-01-30
- Language: English
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He Said, She Said
- Written by: Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Ruffin Prentiss, Carra Patterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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He says: Omar "T-Diddy" Smalls has got it made - a full football ride to UMiami, hero-worship status at school, and pick of any girl at West Charleston High. She says: Football, shmootball. Here's what Claudia Clarke cares about: Harvard, the poor, the disenfranchised, the hungry, the staggering teen pregnancy rate, investigative journalism...the list goes on. She does not have a minute to waste on Mr. T-Diddy Smalls and his harem of bimbos.
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He Said, She Said
- Narrated by: Ruffin Prentiss, Carra Patterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 2019-07-11
- Language: English
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Alone Together
- Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19
- Written by: Kwame Alexander, Andre Dubus III, Nikki Giovanni, and others
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, January LaVoy, Dion Graham, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19 is a collection of essays, poems, and interviews to serve as a lifeline for negotiating how to connect and thrive during this stressful time of isolation as well as a historical perspective that will remain relevant for years to come.
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Alone Together
- Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, January LaVoy, Dion Graham, Julia Whelan, Thérèse Plummer
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-01
- Language: English
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J vs. K
- Written by: Kwame Alexander, Jerry Craft
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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J and K are the most creative fifth graders at Dean Ashley Public School (DAPS). J loves to draw and his wordless stories are J-ENIUS! K loves to write and his stories are K-LASSIC!! Both J and K are determined to win the DAPS annual creative storytelling contest or at least get in the top five. And when they find out that they are both entering The Contest, it's the beginning of one of the most intense rivalries the world has ever seen.
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J vs. K
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2025-05-06
- Language: English
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An American Story
- Written by: Kwame Alexander, Dare Coulter
- Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez
- Length: 11 mins
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From the fireside tales in an African village, through the unspeakable passage across the Atlantic, to the backbreaking work in the fields of the South, this is a story of a people's struggle and strength, horror and hope. This is the story of American slavery, a story that needs to be told and understood by all of us. A testament to the resilience of the African American community, this book honors what has been and envisions what is to be.
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An American Story
- Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez
- Length: 11 mins
- Release date: 2023-01-03
- Language: English
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Light for the World to See
- A Thousand Words on Race and Hope
- Written by: Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 13 mins
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From NPR correspondent and New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and provocative collection of poems that cut to the heart of the entrenched racism and oppression in America and eloquently explores ongoing events.
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Light for the World to See
- A Thousand Words on Race and Hope
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 13 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-17
- Language: English
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How to Read a Book
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 5 mins
- Release date: 2019-06-18
- Language: English
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How Sweet the Sound
- Written by: Kwame Alexander, Charly Palmer - illustrator
- Narrated by: Karen Murray
- Length: 30 mins
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Listen to the sound of survival, courage, and democracy—the soundtrack of America. Hear Billie Holiday's raspy, mournful voice, and tap your foot to Louis Armstrong's trumpet. Scream with James Brown and bop your head to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Can you spot the 80+ references to artists like Robert Johnson, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimi Hendrix, Whitney Houston, Lauryn Hill, and Beyonce?
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How Sweet the Sound
- Narrated by: Karen Murray
- Length: 30 mins
- Release date: 2025-01-14
- Language: English
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How to Sing a Song
- Written by: Kwame Alexander, Randy Preston
- Narrated by: Randy Preston
- Length: 6 mins
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This third book by the team that created the New York Times bestselling How to Read a Book and How to Write a Poem celebrates the magic of listening to the song that echoes inside you, and letting your music ring out.
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How to Sing a Song
- Narrated by: Randy Preston
- Length: 6 mins
- Release date: 2024-10-01
- Language: English
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