The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life
by Kwame Alexander and Thai Neave • Part of the Crossover Series
A companion to the Newbery Medal-winning middle grade novel The Crossover, the... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
- Sports
Year Published 2017
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 970L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Physical Education
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Moral and ethical aspects
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Family / Parents
- Athletes--Conduct of life--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Family | Parents
- Sports
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Unite
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Boys & Men
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Basketball
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Poetry / General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Boys & Men
- Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction
- Success
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Basketball
- Sports--Quotations, maxims, etc.--Juvenile literature
- Sports--Moral and ethical aspects--Juvenile literature
- Athletes
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Conduct of life
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
- Athletes--Quotations--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / B
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Kwame Alexander about The Playbook
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Activity Kit from Harcourt
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Ruffin Prentiss
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Book Trailers 1

Video Book Trailer from Kwame Alexander
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Awards & Distinctions 1

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Sports Selection, 2017
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