Booked by Kwame Alexander, 314 pages
Nick is crazy about soccer.
He’s not so crazy about words, especially reading his father’s
dictionary every day to learn new ones.
His father is a word nerd and he wants Nick to increase his
vocabulary. Nick secretly kind of likes
knowing so many odd and interesting words, but he doesn’t like being forced to
learn them. When Nick’s parents start
having marital problems and it looks like some things may get in the way of
Nick playing soccer, Nick feels like his whole life is falling apart. This book told in verse was excellent. Great for reluctant readers because of the
amount of white space, it’s realistic story will appeal to a wide variety of
kids.
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