# Kwame Alexander — books assigned in US schools

**2** books by Kwame Alexander appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 750L–780L
**Grade span:** 5–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/kwame-alexander
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- basketball (2)
- family (2)
- brotherhood
- coming of age
- grief
- grief and memory
- identity

## Genres

- Verse Novel (2)

## Every Kwame Alexander title on file

- [The Crossover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crossover) _(750L · Grades 5–8 · 2014)_
- [Rebound](https://readinglist.school/book/rebound) _(780L · Grades 5–8 · 2018)_

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