El crossover: Crossover (Spanish Edition), A Newbery Award Winner

Por Kwame Alexander, Dawud Anyabwile y Juan Felipe Herrera

Ganador de la Medalla Newbery · Ganador del Premio Coretta Scott King · New York Times Bestseller · 2015 YALSA 2015 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults· 2015 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers · Publishers Weekly Best Book · School Library Journal Best Book· Kirkus Reviews Best Book

“Una hermosa novela medida entre la vida y sus líneas.”—New York Times Book Review

Un rayo de luz en mis kicks …

La cancha está QUEMANDO.

Mi sudor está LLOVIZNANDO.

Ya 'stuvo con eso de estar temblando.

Es que esta noche voy entregando.

El fenómeno del básquetbol, Josh Bell, y su hermano gemelo, Jordan, son los reyes de la cancha, con esos crossovers inesperados que hacen llorar a los jugadores más duros. Pero cuando Jordan conoce a la nueva chica del colegio, lazos entre los gemelos se empiezan a desanudar. El baloncesto y la hermandad se entrelazan para mostrarles a Josh y Jordan que la vida no viene con un manual de jugadas y que, a veces, el asunto no es ganar.

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Now in Spanish! Winner of the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award, and a New York Times bestseller. Basketball and heartache share the court in this slam-dunk novel in verse. 

A bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .

The court is SIZZLING.

My sweat is DRIZZLING.

Stop all that quivering.

Cuz tonight I’m delivering.

Basketball phenom Josh Bell and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court, with crossovers that make even the toughest ballers cry. But when Jordan meets the new girl in school, the twins’ bond unravels. Basketball and brotherhood intertwine to show Josh and Jordan that life doesn’t come with a playbook and, sometimes, it’s not about winning.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: HarperCollins
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 24 sept 2019
• ISBN: 9780358067801

Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander is a poet, an educator, and the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty-five books, including his Newbery Medal–winning middle grade novel The Crossover. Some of his other works include Booked, which was longlisted for the National Book Award; The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life; Swing; the picture books How to Read a Book and How to Write a Poem (coauthored with Deanna Nikaido), both illustrated by Melissa Sweet; and The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Caldecott Medal, a Newbery Honor, and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. He is a regular contributor to NPR’s Morning Edition, currently serving as their poet ambassador. He lives in Virginia with his family. Visit his website at kwamealexander.com. 

Vista previa del libro

title page

Índice

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Media portada

Índice

Créditos

Dedicación

Calentamiento

Driblando

Josh Bell

De donde viene mi apodo

Al principio

Filthy McNasty

Jordan Bell

En camino al juego

Cinco razones por las que tengo rastas

Mamá le dice a papá

Plática

Regla del básquet #1

Primer Cuarto

JB y yo

Al final del calentamiento, mi hermano intenta el dunk

El comentarista deportivo

El play-by-play de Josh

crossover

El show

La apuesta, primera parte

Oda a mi pelo

La apuesta, segunda parte

El juego está empatado

En el vestuario

Cortar

calamidad

A mamá no le gusta que salgamos a comer

Perdido

El interior del armario de la recámara de mamá y papá

tendinitis patelar

Domingos después de la iglesia

Regla del básquet #2

Chicas

Mientras Vondie y JB

pulquérrima

Entrenamiento

Caminando a casa

De hombre a hombre

Después de cenar

Después de ganar

Papá nos lleva a Krispy Kreme y nos cuenta su historia favorita (otra vez)

Regla del básquet #3

El play-by-play de Josh

La nueva chica

Fallé tres tiros libres esta noche

Regla del básquet #4

Tener una madre

Mamá grita

hipertensión

Quedarse dormido

Por qué solo comimos ensalada para el Día de Acción de Gracias

¿Cómo se deletrea problemas?

Malas noticias

Clase de gym

Segundo Cuarto

Plática

Plática

Regla del básquet #5

Showoff

Fuera de control

Mamá me llama a la cocina

35–18

Demasiado chido

Estoy en el número veintisiete de tiros libres

Probablemente

irónico

Habla Alexis —¿Por favor, me permites hablar con Jordan?

Conversación telefónica (Soy el suplente de JB)

JB y yo

Un chavo entra a un cuarto

En el entrenamiento

Segunda persona

Sujetavelas

tipping point

La razón principal por la que no puedo dormir

Sorprendido

Conversación

Hora del juego: 6:00 p.m.

Este es mi segundo año

Regla del básquet #6

El play-by-play de Josh

Antes de

Tercer Cuarto

Después

Suspensión

churlish

Esta semana, yo

Regla del básquet #7

El gallinero

Ataque rápido

Tormenta

A la mañana siguiente

profusamente

Artículo #1 en el Daily News (14 de diciembre)

Casi la mayoría

Riesgo final

Querido Jordan

No sé

No más pizza con papas fritas

Incluso Vondie

Uh-oh

Corro a la habitación de papá

A puerta cerrada

La chica que se robó a mi hermano

Cosas que aprendo en la cena

Los platos

Charla del entrenador antes del juego

El play-by-play de Josh

Mensajes de texto de mamá, primera parte

La segunda mitad

Mañana es el último día de clases antes de las vacaciones de Navidad

El entrenador llega

separado

Salida de la escuela

El teléfono suena

Regla del básquet #8

Cuando llegamos a la cancha

Al mediodía, en el gym, con papá

Cuarto Cuarto

El doctor nos da a Jordan y a mí unas palmaditas en la espalda y dice

infarto de miocardio

Okey, papá

Mamá, ya que me preguntaste, te diré por qué estoy tan enojado

Mensajes de texto de Vondie

En Noche Buena

Papá Noel nos visita

Preguntas

Tanka para la clase de artes del lenguaje

Creo que nunca me acostumbraré a

Regla del básquet #9

Cuando estamos a punto de salir para el juego final

Durante los calentamientos

Mensajes de mamá, segunda parte

Para papá

El último tiro

Tiempo Extra

Artículo #2 en el Daily News (14 de enero)

¿Y ahora adónde le damos?

sin estrellas

Regla del básquet #10

Hay tantos amigos

Tiros libres

Sobre el Autor

Sobre el Traductor

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Copyright de la traducción © 2019 de Juan Felipe Herrera

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ISBN: 978-0-358-06472-5 Spanish edition paper over board

ISBN: 978-0-358-06473-2 Spanish edition paperback

eISBN 978-0-358-06780-1

v1.0919

Para Big Al y Barbara,

también conocidos como mamá y papá

Calentamiento

Driblando

Arriba de la botella, ando en mera

ONDA Y CHIDO RITMO

POPPin’ y ROKIANDO—

¿Y tú por qué andas EMPUJANDO?

¿Y por qué LOCKIANDO?

Mano, aquí te voy PEGANDO.

Pero, ten cuidado,

porque ahorita voy loco CRUNKiando

ContraCRUZANDO

FLOSSIANDO

volteando

y mi rebote te dejará

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            A

               L

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                     N

                        D

                           O en la pista, mientras yo

CAIGO en ella

hasta el punto final con mi bravo dedo tirando...

Derechito en la canasta:

Swoooooooooooosh.

Josh Bell

es mi nombre

Pero Filthy McNasty es mi placa de fama.

La Plebe así me llaman

porque mi juego es la alarma,

tanto sucio pleito, te avergonzará.

Mi pelo es largo, mi altura enorme.

Mira, soy el nuevo Kevin Durant,

LeBron y Chris Paul.

No se te olviden los grandes,

a mi padre le gusta relamerse:

Yo jugué con el Mago y el Chivo.

Pero los trucos son para los chavos, le digo.

No necesito tus gatos

mi juego es la mera

onda.

Mamá dice,

Tu papá es de otra época

como un antiguo Chevette

Tú eres fresco y nuevo,

como un rojo Corvette

Tu juego es tan dulce, es una crêpe Suzette.

Cada vez que juegas

es tooooooooooooooda la red.

Y si otra persona me llamara

fresco y dulce,

me quemaría loco como una flama.

Comentarios para El crossover

[jennybeast · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Fast paced basketball and family focused novel in verse that packs a huge emotional punch with an amazingly small number of words. Relevant, gripping, powerful.

[reader1009-863136 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

Middlegrade novel in verse (basketball, school, 9th grade twins). Kwame writes good poetry (with vocabulary-boosting words, even), and this would do well with certain 6th-9th grade boys who can't find books that speak to them otherwise. I generally want to skim over poetry novels and just find out what happens, but it becomes fairly clear that (1) the father will have some terrible health calamity happen to him and (2) this new girl will come between the two twins. Once I figured that out I stopped reading, since I wasn't really interested in the characters and how that would affect them so much (maybe because I didn't relate to them at all).

[electrascaife · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

A fantastic middle grade novel in free verse about twin brothers and their changing lives both on and off the basketball court. It's beautifully done, with varying methods of verse that reflect the situations and emotions as they change throughout, and with a story that grabs you right from the beginning and holds you to the end.A reread for me - Charlie read it for a school project and I decided to join him. (He loved it, too!)

[ssperson_1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I was struggling to find a book to fit the "Read a book about sports" challenge in the 2017 BookRiot Read Harder Challenge. Although my children are athletes, and they and my husband enjoy watching sports, there's never really been a sport that I liked enough to want to read about it.

Thankfully, one morning on my way to work I was listening to "All the Books," a podcast from BookRiot, and one of the hosts mentioned that The Crossover, in addition to being a match to the listener's request, would be a great book for this particular challenge. I had a eureka moment, because I'd bought this book a couple of years ago for my boys. It was still sitting on Littlest's shelf. I was in.

I was immediately drawn in by the verse. The way the verse fluctuated in length, and the way different size fonts and spacing were used, really brought the feelings and emotions of the 13-year-old narrator to life. Really well done.

[drfuriosa · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I just finished reading this incredible, lovely, wrenching book. And now I am sobbing like a fool. This is one of those books that has incredible potential for all ages.

[brytniewheeler · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

The Crossover book is about the life of a 12 year old basketball player, Josh Bell, in his 7th grade year at Reggie Lewis Middle School. This book is very relatable to junior high students, especially those that are involved in sports. This book talks about a lot of junior high topics such as love, loss, family, and sports.

[bookbrig-1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

I've been curious about this since it came out, and it was absolutely fantastic. Yes, I know, the fact that it's award winning probably highlights that, but I don't like ALL award winning books, so. It's a quick read, so while I'm not usually patient enough to make it through novels in verse it worked well for me. I also enjoyed that the story touched on so many things without slowing down or dragging. AND I TEARED UP. Maybe read this with some tissues.

[hfuhriman-1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

The Crossover is a realistic fiction book written in poetry/verse format. The verses tell the story of 14 y-o Josh Bell and his family. Mr. Bell is a former European League basketball star whose career was cut short due to a knee injury that he refuses to have surgery to fix. Mr. Bell passes his love and knowledge of basketball to his twin sons, Josh and Jordan. Both boys a standout basketball stars at their school however, Josh loves the game a bit more than Jordan. Jordan discovers girls and now has a girlfriend and Josh feels like he's losing his brother and best friend. Meanwhile, Mr. Fell's heart problems begin to get worse and both boys are affected by their father's decline health. Alexander beautifully captures this story of family, friendship, and loss in verse form. The way he changes the format of between chapters when Josh is narrating the story in a more traditional line and stanza poetry form to a free verse form when Josh is talking about his basketball skills and the game his playing helps draw the reader into the emotion and pace of the story. The entire story centers around basketball from the four sections of the book being called quarters to individual chapter titles. This is a great read for any 6-12 grader and for the reluctant male reader.

[ecataldi-1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

A quick, unforgettable read written in hip hope verse. On the surface The Crossover is about sports, but it's about so much more than that. Josh and his twin Jordan are real ballers. They are the stars of their middle school basketball team and if they weren't twins they would probably hate each other. Their relationship starts to sour when Jordan starts spending more of his time with a new girl then with Josh or basketball. To top it off he's worried about his dad and he wants the basketball championship trophy more than anything. Wonderfully written, appealing to boys and girls of all ages as well athletes, poets, and pretty much everyone. Definitely worthy of the Newbery medal.

[rabidgummibear-1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

This book is amazing.
I hate basketball, but I loved this book.
The verses are insane and it all falls together so quickly.
I ended with tears in my eyes and amazed it was over so quickly.

Can't recommend this enough to anyone looking for a good different read.

[jenica_flores-1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

This was a very well written chapter book that is written in verses. This book is about two brothers that are very good at basketball. These brothers stop talking to each other because of a girl that comes between them. The main character josh discovers information about his father that he has trouble overcoming. This book had a sad ending but it was very good. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to students in grades 4th-8th grade. Kwame makes the josh a relatable character and makes the book a smooth read.

[lisa5127 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

My kids' school read this book a few years back as an all-district read, but I never picked it up. I wish I would have read it while my son did. There are lots of good life lessons in this book, like ask questions of those you love rather than just not speaking. And the need to work through the bad times rather than let them get worse.

[matesewiggns · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Crossover by written in verse is the story of African American twins Josh and JP who are in middle schoolers with excellent grades and are basketball stars in their school. Although Josh and JP are twins they are completely different on the basketball court and hairstyles. Josh and JP relationship is tested when JP is attracted to the new girl in school and Josh is left fending for himself. The novel theme is family, basketball, dreams, and rhythm. The novel's format is especially important while reading this book because it flows like a basketball game through rhythm.

[lissabeth21 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Who knew a book about basketball loving pre-teen twin boys could give you all the feels, send you careening back to those confusing in between years of middle school, and tear your parental apart in under 300 pages?! Bravo!

[kmann63 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

This is a poetry novel that uses a variety of engaging style of poetry to draw the reader in. I could see this being particularly of interest to sports fans. It is a 2015 Newbery Medal Winner,2015 Coretta Scott King Honor Award Winner, and New York Times Bestseller.

[terris-7 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

I really enjoyed this YA book on basketball, family, grief, and life. And I liked the way it was written in blank verse, rhyme, and rap. Very interesting and a quick read!

[lycomayflower · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

A novel in verse about twin boys who play basketball. Enjoyable, though kind of heartbreaking in the end. Better poetry than it is a novel, though that's not really a criticism as such. Some of the poems about actually playing basketball on the court are amazing.

[rjrubylou · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Summary: Basketball is everything until a girl comes between two twins and their dreams. One is perfectly happy with the new arrangement of having his first girlfriend...the other, not so much. Two brothers whose lives have revolved around basketball and a close knit family, suddenly find themselves torn apart by an invisible rift caused by a girl. Dad's health issues are what ultimately bring the twins back together in this real and engaging story.Personal Response: I hate basketball, partly because I don't understand the sport, but man did I love this book. It didn't matter how I felt about the sport because the character development and writing style was so engaging. I didn't want to put this book down. An honest tale of jealousy, the desire to win, and the support of a strong and loving family working their way through dad's health issues struck home. I can't imagine anyone not immersing themselves in this story, regardless of their sports interests. This was a book for ALL readers, and it is not surprising that it won the Newbery medal. Fantastically and brilliantly written.Curriculum Connections: This book is one of the better examples of a book written in verse to lead students into a unit on poetry. This would be perfect to evaluate poetry elements in the library or classroom. It could also be used to introduce criteria used to choose the recipient of the Newbery medal. This book is also a perfect "go to " book for those sports enthusiasts in the school. I gave my copy of the book to a sixth grade girl who loves basketball, the night after I finished it. She has already dropped by the library this week to tell me how much she is totally loving the book. She is connecting.

[jothebookgirl · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

Josh and JB are twins, amazing on the basketball court, almost 13 years old. This is the year when everything changes. The story is written in beautiful verse.

Josh and JB’s world is one in which both parents are professionals. Their father is a former European league basketball player, and their mother is an assistant principal at the boys’ junior high school. The fact that the twins are both college-bound is an understated given. This the sweet story of av successful, close-knit African-American family in the Obama era.

“The Crossover” doesn’t ignore contemporary issues involving race. There is a traffic stop on the way to a game, in which the boys’ father (like many an African-American man) is pulled over for a minor infraction; Josh is warned by his mother about what happens to young black men who let their tempers get the better of them; his parents fight not over money or fidelity but over the father's diet and hereditary hypertension.

This story has not been sugar coated.

[jrlibrary · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

A basketball story told in free verse. Might be great for reluctant readers. Twins are both basketball players. One starts to have a girlfriend and the other is jealous and ends up throwing a basketball right at the twin's face and almost breaking his nose. Meanwhile the father suffers from heart issues related to his diet.

[lydia1879 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

This book is incredible.

I would absolutely say that to read this book you have to listen to it on audiobook. It's written in verse, so that makes the experience of it all the more powerful. It's rhythmic, melodic, prosaic and probably one of my favourite audiobooks ever. The author has such great little riffs and tricks that he can pull with his words, I didn't know a book could be so smooth, so effortless.

If you like Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, you'll love this book.

I know nothing about basketball, but it actually doesn't matter because the story is great, and the characters are so well-developed for a young adult novel. It really surprised me.

I feel like I swallowed this book whole. Maybe I'm officially out of my reading slump thanks to this book.

Either way, I have a new favourite genre. Thank you, Kwame Alexander, may you make poetry for the rest of your damn life.

[marsap_1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

“The Crossover” is a young adult novel and 2015 Newberry award winner, that follows the life (over several months) of 12-year-old basketball player Josh Bell (aka Filthy McNasty) during his seventh-grade year at Reggie Lewis Middle School. Josh is the identical twin brother of Jordan “JB” Bell, the son of Crystal Bell, the assistant principal, and the son of Chuck Bell, a former basketball superstar who is well-known and well-respected even years after his career ended. Josh and JB both love basketball, but it is Josh who wants to emulate his father by following in his father’s footsteps. But as everything else in life things don’t always proceeds the way we want. The brothers are moving apart from each other for the first time, Jordan has started dating, Josh has a tough time keeping his jealousy and feelings of abandonment in control, and his father is having health issues. What is particularly interesting about this book is that the text is written in a form of poetry and hip-hop, which I think would make the book more compelling to the younger reader (particular to reluctant reader). This is not normally the type of book I would read (I am trying to read all of the Newberry winners), but I found the language elegant, the plot realistic and believe this would be a great book for a family read. 4 out of 5 stars.

[kristymk18-1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

4.5 StarsBasketball Rule # 1In this game of lifeyour family is the courtand the ball is your heart.No matter how good you are,no matter how down you get,always leaveyour hearton the court.The Crossover encompasses so much and does it so well. It touches on family, friends, basketball, life, growing up, and the hardships and changes that come with this. While on the outside it may look like this is too much for a book to take on, Alexander weaves a tale through poetry that is both witty and heartfelt.I love that Alexander so precisely paralleled life and basketball. They are interconnected in Josh's world. Both Josh's mom and dad play prominent roles in his life and it was refreshing to see strong parents who not only got along with their children but also parented their children. Josh's connection to his dad is an underlying theme throughout his story and one that played heavily on my heart. Josh is a prodigal basketball star at 12 and alongside his twin brother they are an unstoppable force on the court. I loved the writing in these sections. You can actually hear the staccato beat of the ball against hardwood, against asphalt, as he narrates his moves down the court. On the court, Josh is confidence, but off it, with the ever-changing canvas of prepubescent life, he is confusion, anger, loss. This comes across so clearly in his narrative. The imagery used while Josh works his way through all this is simply amazing.I expected The Crossover to be purely about basketball and maybe a few references about the game of life. What I got was something that far exceeded my expectations.

[mcorbink · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Very fun to read aloud! The themes, basketball and loss, went very well together and the boys in my 5th grade class loved the book! (and the girls) We then made our own poems using the same type of format, very fun!!

[iudita_1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

This was my second experience at reading a book in free verse (Brown Girl Dreaming) and I have loved it both times. This was an incredible book. Great story, wonderful characters and absolutely incredible use of language. I was so impressed at the way the author was able to say so much with so few words. But what awesome words he uses! If you are someone who really appreciates the creative use of language in a book, I would highly recommend this. It can be read in one sitting and it would make a great read-aloud at home or in a classroom.

[jpemmrich5 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I really enjoyed this book. I read it with my son who I thought would enjoy it because he loves basketball. It is written in poems or raps which made it a little difficult for my son to follow at first but he did end up getting into the book. The design of the words on the pages was fun to see and the descriptions of the twins in action on the court were beautifully written. I didn't share those as my passages because you really have to SEE the words and read the poems in context to enjoy them properly. I would recommend this book for middle school age children.

[rosa.mill · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

At first I was kind of bleh, but as I continued to listen I have to admit that the language is beautiful and the story is one that drew me in even though I'm not really into basketball. The family relationships and themes are universal.

[klburnside · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

I wasn't super excited about reading last year's Newbery winner, despite the high ratings. Somehow a summary I skimmed of the book made me think the narrator was an arrogant preteen basketball player and the novel was just fun and action. I've also not really gotten into the "novel in verse genre" just yet.I was pleasantly surprised by this book. The narrator was quite lovable and full of enthusiasm, but he also had a lot of insecurities and fears. I was surprised that the book had me in tears by the end. The thing that bugs me about novels written in verse is that it seems like it is often just a gimmick. The writing is merely complete sentences broken up into random lines, and this fact doesn't really add anything to the story. If there is an attempt at rhythm or rhyme, it is so sporadic that it may as well not be there. I really liked that in this book Alexander picked certain sections that would have the rhythm and rhyme, and when it was done, it was done really well. He often used these devices in sections describing a basketball game, and as a reader, I could really feel the energy of the ball moving up the court and the adrenaline of the narrator as a part of the game. The story was engaging and I was surprised by the depth of emotion. I think kids might actually like this one too, but who knows.

[debnance_1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Two twin brothers, the son of a great basketball player, play ball together but grow apart when one of the twins has a girlfriend. Things between the two brothers grow worse as their father shows signs of illness. All written in poetry. Newbery Award winner, and deservedly so.

[asomers_8 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

I had to see if it lived up to all of the praise that I had heard and it certainly did. This is a book in verse that will sing to your reluctant readers and fly off the shelves into the hands of middle school boys.