For anyone who likes basketball should consider reading crossover. The setting takes place on the court.The main characters in The Crossover Jordan Bell(JB) the dad the mom and josh Readers are introduced to josh talking about his skills on the court and saying he is undefeatable.Alexanders writing is creative because he did write it in first person but it was poetry which made it better than regular. Here is a quote i found interesting “He tells her how much she's the apple of his eye and that he wants to peel her and get under her skin and give me a break.”The book is good because it has good content but if you don’t like long books this is not for you.The Crossover - which won the john newbery medal and the Coretta Scott King Award.