Booked
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By Kwame Alexander
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5 reviews
A novel written in verse, flowing freely and smoothly, reading perfectly naturally. Poet and author Kwame Alexander skilfully tells the story of Nick Hall, a clever, articulate, football loving youngster. Everything is rosy for Nick, until his mum leaves, and then one by one other things start to go wrong in his life. He has to learn to live through some painful experiences, including parental divorce, bullying at school, unreasonable expectations from his dad, and unrequited love.
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It was your typical book, the author had a decent plot a nice storyline but probably thought writing a ordinary book wouldn't make him stand out in a crowd of authors. So, he decided to write THE WHOLE BOOK AS A POEM! It did not work, some poem stories work well, this did not! Its continuous poems with no flow made the book seem like it was written by a 5 year old trying to write a simple story in poetry. This would have been impressive IF A 5 YEAR OLD wrote it. In my opinion, thicken the plot add some [good] descriptions, recommend the book to a school and BANG. orders from schools all across the country. A poor 2/5.
Great read and not what I expected. Written in first person but in series of poems.
I think the book is fiction because when i read it,it didnt really sound fact .I really liked it it was enjoyable and i recomend for other people
This is a graphic novel. It has 315 pages, but as each page is an illustration and the font is in capital letters, it can be read very quickly.
I’ve enjoyed this author’s previous books and this was no exception.
A poignant read in places, but also very funny.
The theme of the book focuses around football, friendships and family.
lovely book
football themed
