# Booked

**Author:** Kwame Alexander
**Grade range:** Grades 5–8
**Age range:** 10–13
**First published:** 2022
**Genre:** Verse Novel
**ISBN-13:** `9780358161813`
**ISBN-10:** `0358161819`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/booked
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.

## Themes

- soccer
- words
- family

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