This is not an ordinary book: it's a BookCrossing book! BookCrossing books are world travelers - they like to have adventures and make new friends...and every once in a while they even write home to say what they've been doing.

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Hardcover with dust jacket: this is a Newbery winner and a Coretta Scott King honor book, purchased new from Barnes & Noble. (Larger photo here.)

Almost-thirteen-year-old Josh Bell and his twin brother are going to have a memorable season. Basketball and poetry: not a mix you'd normally expect, but it works.

Saturday, July 22, 2017: left on the literature rack outside Times. (Larger photo here.)

Released for Secretariat's 2017 Never Judge a Book By Its Cover Challenge (week 29: J, K, L, and M author names).

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I'm so glad you've found this book!

Please take a moment to make a journal entry and let this book's previous readers know that it's safe with you.

How and where did you find the book? What did you think of it? What are you going to do with it next?

It's now your book, for you to do with as you please: keep it, pass it to a friend, or maybe even leave it where someone else can find it!

If you've ever wondered where your books go after they leave your hands, join BookCrossing and you may find out: you'll be able to follow the further adventures of your books as new readers make journal entries - sometimes from surprisingly far-flung locations.

(Think of it like Where's George for books: a little like geocaching or a treasure hunt - you can follow a registered book's journey every time someone makes a new entry. Some BookCrossers even leave books *in* geocaches!)

BookCrossing: making the whole world a library!