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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. Third Printing. Hardcover. [2], 414 pages. Illustrations. Signed by the author on the title page. Kwame Alexander (born August 21, 1968) is an American writer of poetry and children's fiction. His verse novel The Crossover won the 2015 Newbery Medal recognizing the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." It was also selected as an Honor book for the Coretta Scott King Award. He also won a 2020 Newbery Honor for his illustrated poem The Undefeated. His picture book Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band, was selected for the 2014 "Michigan Reads! One State, One Children's Book" program. This book, written in poetry, is a follow-up to the author's earlier book, The Crossover, a complex tale of the crossover from brash, vulnerable boy to young adult. For his earlier book, The Crossover, the author received the Newbery Medal,, the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, the New York Public Library Best of 2014, and the Chicago Public Library Best of 2014, among many other awards. More