by Kwame Alexander

Fourteen-year-old Twin Basketball Stars Josh And Jordan Wrestle With Highs And Lows On And Off The Court As Their Father Ignores His Declining Health. Warm-up: Dribbling -- Josh Bell -- How I Got My Nickname -- At First -- Filthy Mcnasty -- Jordan Bell -- On The Way To The Game -- Five Reasons I Have Locks -- Mom Tells Dad -- Conversation -- Basketball Rule #1. -- First Quarter: Jb And I -- At The End Of Warm-ups, My Brother Tries To Dunk -- The Sportscaster -- Josh's Play-by-play -- Crossover -- The Show -- The Bet, Part One -- Ode To My Hair -- The Bet, Part Two -- The Game Is Tied -- In The Locker Room -- Cut -- Calamity -- Mom Doesn't Like Us Eating Out -- Missing -- The Inside Of Mom And Dad's Bedroom Closet -- Patella Tendinitis -- Sundays After Church -- Basketball Rule #2 -- Girls -- While Vondie And Jb -- Pulchritudinous -- Practice -- Walking Home -- Man To Man -- After Dinner -- After We Win -- Dad Takes Us To Krispy Kreme And Tells Us His Favorite Story (again) -- Basketball Rule #3 -- Josh's Play-by-play [two] -- The New Girl -- I Missed Three Free Throws Tonight -- Basketball Rule #4 -- Having A Mother -- Mom Shouts -- Hypertension -- To Fall Asleep -- Why We Only Ate Salad For Thanksgiving -- How Do You Spell Trouble? -- Bad News -- Gym Class. -- Second Quarter: Conversation -- Conversation [two] -- Basketball Rule #5 -- Showoff -- Out Of Control -- Mom Calls Me Into The Kitchen -- 35-18 -- Too Good -- I'm On Free Throw Number Twenty-seven -- He Probably -- T Ironic -- This Is Alexis, May I Please Speak To Jordan? -- Phone Conversation (i Sub For Jb) -- Jb And I -- Boy Walks Into A Room -- At Practice -- Second-person -- Third Wheel -- Tipping Point -- The Main Reason I Can't Sleep -- Surprised -- Conversation -- Game Time, 6:00 P.m. -- This Is My Second Year -- Basketball Rule #6 -- Josh's Play-by-play [three] -- Before. -- Third Quarter: After -- Suspension -- Churlish -- This Week, I -- Basketball Rule #7 -- The Nosebleed Section -- Fast Break -- Storm -- The Next Morning -- Profusely -- Article #1 In The Daily News (december 14) -- Mostly Everyone -- Final Jeopardy -- Dear Jordan -- I Don't Know -- No Pizza And Fries -- Even Vondie -- Uh-oh -- I Run Into Dad's Room -- Behind Closed Doors -- The Girl Who Stole My Brother -- Things I Learn At Dinner -- Dishes -- Coach's Talk Before The Game -- Text Messages From Mom, Part One -- The Second Half -- Tomorrow Is The Last Day Of School Before Christmas Vacation -- Coach Comes Over -- Estranged -- School's Out -- The Phone Rings -- Basketball Rule #8 -- When We Get To The Court -- At Noon, In The Gym, With Dad. -- Fourth Quarter: The Doctor Pats Jordan And Me On The Back And Says -- Myocardial Infarction -- Okay, Dad -- Mom, Since You Asked, I'll Tell You Why I'm So Angry -- Text Messages From Vondie -- On Christmas Eve -- Santa Clause Stops By -- },t Questions -- Tanka For Language Arts Class -- I Don't Think I'll Ever Get Used To -- Basketball Rule #9 -- As We're About To Leave For The Final Game -- During Warm-ups -- Text Messages From Mom, Part Two -- For Dad -- The Last Shot. -- Overtime: Article #2 In The Daily News (january 14) -- Where Do We Go From Here? -- Starless -- Basketball Rule #10 -- There Are So Many Friends -- Free Throws. By Kwame Alexander. Newbery Medal, 2015. 586 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, 2015 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, 2015 Accelerated Reader 4.3.