Rebote: Rebound (Spanish Edition)

by Kwame Alexander, Juan Felipe Herrera (Translator)

Overview

The Spanish-language edition of the dynamic prequel to New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander’s Newbery Medal–winning novel in verse, The Crossover!

Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning his own moves. Chuck Bell takes center stage as readers 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 readers have come to expect from Kwame Alexander, Rebound goes 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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La edición en español de la dinámica precuela de la novela en verso del bestselling autor del New York Times, Kwame Alexander, ganadora de la Medalla Newbery, ¡El Crossover!

Antes de que Josh y Jordan Bell estuvieran girando de un lado a otro de la cancha, su padre estaba aprendiendo sus propios juegos. Chuck Bell ocupa un escenario central mientras los lectores vislumbran su infancia y cómo se convirtió en la estrella del baloncesto adoradora de la música jazz a la que sus hijos admiran.

Una novela en verso con todo el impacto y el ritmo que los lectores esperan de Kwame Alexander, Rebote retrocede en el tiempo para visitar la infancia de Chuck "Da Man" Bell durante un verano transformador cuando el joven Charlie es enviado a quedarse con sus abuelos — donde descubre el baloncesto y aprende más sobre el pasado de su familia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780063379596
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/24/2024
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.12(w) x 7.62(h) x (d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

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. 

Juan Felipe Herrera is the US Poet Laureate and was inspired by the fire-speakers of the early Chicano Movement and by heavy exposure to various poetry, jazz, and blues performance streams. His published works include 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross the Border: Undocuments 1971–2007; Border-Crosser with a Lamborghini Dream; Mayan Drifter: Chicano Poet in the Lowlands of the Americas; Thunderweavers / Tejedoras de rayos; Laughing Out Loud, I Fly, a Pura Belpré Honor Book; Américas Award winners CrashBoomLove and Cinnamon Girl; Calling the Doves / El canto de las palomas, which won the Ezra Jack Keats Award; and The Upside Down Boy / El niño de cabeza, which was adapted into a musical. He has received the National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship, and previously served as California Poet Laureate. He has taught at both California State University, Fresno, and University of California, Riverside, and held the Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair in Creative Writing. He lives in Fresno, California.