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How do you get reluctant readers to fall in love with a book? Writer and literacy activist Kwame Alexander says you have to offer them something relatable. In "The Crossover," basketball is the hook to persuade kids to pick up a novel written in poetic verse. Jeffrey Brown sits down with A...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Brown, Jeffrey, 1956- (Interviewer, Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Arlington, VA : NewsHour Productions LLC, 2015.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Alexander, Kwame. > Crossover.
African American authors > 21st century > Interviews.
Boys > Books and reading.
Young adult poetry, American > History and criticism.
Basketball stories > History and criticism.
Novels in verse > History and criticism.
Écrivains noirs américains > 21e siècle > Entretiens.
Garçons > Livres et lecture.
Poésie pour jeunes adultes américaine > Histoire et critique.
Récits de basket-ball > Histoire et critique.
Roman en vers > Histoire et critique.
African American authors
Basketball stories
Boys > Books and reading
Novels in verse
Young adult poetry, American
2000-2099
interviews.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Interviews
Nonfiction television programs
Television news programs
Interviews.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television news programs.
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
Téléjournaux.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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