Kwame Alexander is an award winning, young adults book author and poet. The Crossover is a fictional story. The author choose to write this story a little different than most. He chose to write it in poem form rather than a chapter book. Josh Bell, also known as “Filthy McNasty”, the protagonist, and his twin brother Jordan Bell, love the game of basketball. Their dad played professional basketball, but had to retire, so the boys grew up around basketball their entire lives. One of the struggles the twins have is to deal with their dad having medical problems. It is hard for them to see their dad sick, because they look up to him. In another part, Josh gets mad at Jordan during a game and passes the ball too hard at Jordan’s face, almost