# Kwame Alexander — books assigned in US schools

**5** 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:** 2–8
**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

- family (3)
- basketball (2)
- brotherhood
- coming of age
- grief
- grief and memory
- identity
- soccer
- words

## Genres

- Verse Novel (3)
- History

## 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)_
- [The Undefeated](https://readinglist.school/book/the-undefeated) _(Grades 2–6 · 2019)_
- [Booked](https://readinglist.school/book/booked) _(Grades 5–8 · 2022)_
- [The Door of No Return](https://readinglist.school/book/the-door-of-no-return) _(Grades 6–8 · 2022)_

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