The Crossover
Quotes from the Book
There's a lot of love around you, but if you don't see it, it's not there.
Look at the mirrors in your friends eyes. That's all anyone ever needs. Too see beauty and reflection in others. Those are real mirrors.
All that is good and accomplished in this world takes work and a little chaos.
Life is a mountain, Youngblood. Nobody said the climb was gonna be easy. You gotta choose your route. Get your gear. Breathe. Clear your mind. And enjoy the journey
The heart is a small and lonesome place she is a country her eyes hold the river I used to swim her skin, the morning fruit I touched and tasted the heart is a small and lonesome place she is a country I no longer live in.
Orphans The word seems sad when you say it. An orphan is like a soul bulb waiting to be planted in just the right place. When you’re an orphan, you no longer belong, but a child is a child of everyone, they belong to a community, to a greater garden, she says.
Chambers if I am your heart imagine me inside beating, pumping, loving
It’s as awkward as things can get. But I hear grace can feel that way at first.
It’s about soldiers who don’t think for themselves, they just follow orders. The song got him into a lot of trouble. Like what? Ironically, he was banned from Ghana. And because of the song, the very soldiers he spoke out against were ordered to kill his mother. Did they? The zombies did.
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When the heart gets lost, let the music find you.
Blade never asked for a life of the rich and famous. In fact, he’d give anything not to be the son of Rutherford Morrison, a washed-up rock star and drug addict with delusions of a comeback. Or to no longer be part of a family known most for lost potential, failure, and tragedy. The one true light is his girlfriend, Chapel, but her parents have forbidden their relationship, assuming—like many—that Blade will become just like his father.
In reality, the only thing Blade has in common with Rutherford is the music that lives inside them. But not even the songs that flow through Blade’s soul are enough when he’s faced with two unimaginable realities: the threat of losing Chapel forever, and the revelation of a long-held family secret, one that leaves him questioning everything he thought was true. All that remains is a letter and a tick
Book details
- First published
- 2017
- Author
- Kwame Alexander
- Genre
- Literature
- Goodreads rating
- 3.93 (14k ratings)
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