Rebound - Kwame Alexander

This book is about 12 years old Charlie "Chuck" Bell and the events that occur when he stays at his grandparent's house for the summer. 
Charlie Bell is still recovering and mourning the recent death of his father. 
When he starts making bad choices and getting into trouble, his mother decides to send him to his grandparents home for the summer to "find his smile again", and she says that it will be good for him.
During his stay, his cousin Roxie introduces him to basketball, which becomes Charlie's whole world. He starts working towards becoming the ultimate player and legend. Basketball helps him sort out his feelings towards his best (girl) friend CJ, and other worries, and he finds something that he is really passionate about. 
The sport, the advice he gets from his grandfather and Roxie, teaches him how to rebound - on and off the court. 

My Rating: 4/5

About The Author:

Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times Bestselling author of 35 books, including BOOKED, which was longlisted for the National Book Award, SOLO, REBOUND, which was shortlisted for the prestigious UK Carnegie Medal, The Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book, THE UNDEFEATED, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and, his NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel, THE CROSSOVER. A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Kwame is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, The Coretta Scott King Author Honor, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations, and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award. In 2018, he opened the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic in Ghana, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program he co-founded. Kwame is the Founding Editor of VERSIFY, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt that aims to Change the World One Word at a Time.

What I thought of the book:
I loved this book! 
I usually read books with girls at the front and centre, but I always like reading a book from a boy's perspective, and I think this is probably my favourite one. 
I loved each and every character and could relate to most and them in various ways. 
The writing was amazing and had some great sentences. It is one of the best books written in verse that I have read.
I loved the feelings portrayed in the book and how I connected with them. 
I got a little confused at the end of the book, but I think that was only because I haven't read "The Crossover", which is about Charlie's sons. 
Overall this was a great book, and I would recommend it to people who like reading books by Jacqueline Woodson, whose writing style in verse I found extremely similar to the author of "Rebound", Kwame Alexander. 

This book was recommended to me by my cousin Krishna, who is also 11 years old and likes to read. Here is his review of the book: 

Hello, my name is Krishna and this is my review of Kwame Alexander's book "Rebound".
In the last 6 months, I have read this book thrice and I've often wondered why I like it so much. One reason could be that the main protagonist was a young boy like me who unfortunately lost his father very early. 
Besides that, I found the story very intriguing.
Charlie Bell is a young boy who has lost his father, he has no interest in basketball and played PAC-Man and Pinball and read comics all day. He really wanted a pair of shoes and even dreamt about them.
I like that the author added small comic strips about Charlie’s dreams. 
When he got in trouble too many times his mother decided to send him to his grandparent's house. There he met his cousin Roxie, who introduced him to a whole new world: basketball. He also got himself a new nickname, Chuck. He worked very hard at the Boys and Girls Club to improve his game and he did. He also thought about how he missed his best (girl)friend, CJ and another friend of his, Skinny. When Skinny comes to Washington D.C where Charlie is staying, trouble comes knocking on his door again, again in the form of Skinny’s cousin, Ivan. Where things come to a head when he gets into unexpected trouble with the cops. How will Charlie rebound from this mess? Read the book to find out.

Krishna's Rating: 4/5 
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Details:

Number Of Pages - 416, though it does not take that long as it is in free verse.

How long it took me to finish this book: Roughly 2 and a half days

Buying details: Find the amazon link below. You can also use the zlibrary link below to download it for free as an ebook the kindle format is MOBI). 

https://1lib.in/book/4810905/6532ac

https://www.amazon.in/Rebound-Kwame-Alexander/dp/1783447206/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=rebound&qid=1617351729&sr=8-2

I hope you enjoyed this review and the added bonus of Krishna’s point of view. 
Happy Reading! 💟💜📖📚😍