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Rebound

by Kwame Alexander

Before Chuck Bell became “Da Man”

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Before Chuck Bell became “Da Man”

Rebound shifts the Bell family story back a generation, centering on Chuck Bell’s childhood as young Charlie. During a pivotal summer spent with his grandparents, he discovers basketball and learns more about his family’s past. Told in verse, the novel connects Chuck’s early experiences with the father Josh and Jordan look up to in The Crossover. Its multigenerational family focus gives the basketball story a second thread: how a parent’s own beginnings shape the person his children know.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Kids ages 9–12 interested in basketball stories.
  • Readers who enjoy novels in verse.
  • Readers interested in family stories spanning generations or the Bell family books.

Themes

Family historyGrowing upBasketballParent-child connections

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Book overview

From the New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander comes Rebound, the dynamic prequel to his Newbery Award-winning novel in verse, The Crossover.

Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning his own moves. Chuck Bell takes center stage as readers get a glimpse of his childhood and how he became the jazz music worshiping, basketball star his sons look up to.

A novel in verse with all the impact and rhythm readers have come to expect from Kwame Alexander, Rebound goes back in time to visit the childhood of Chuck "Da Man" Bell during one pivotal summer when young Charlie is sent to stay with his grandparents where he discovers basketball and learns more about his family's past.

This prequel to the Newbery Medal- and Coretta Scott King Award-winning The Crossover scores.

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