The Crossover

Table of Contents

Title Page

Table of Contents

Copyright

Warm-Up

Chapter

Josh Bell

How I Got My Nickname

At first

Filthy McNasty

Jordan Bell

On the way to the game

Five Reasons I Have Locks

Mom tells Dad

Conversation

Basketball Rule #1

First Quarter

JB and I

At the End of Warm-Ups, My Brother Tries to Dunk

The Sportscaster

Josh’s Play-by-Play

cross·o·ver

The Show

The Bet, Part One

Ode to My Hair

The Bet, Part Two

The game is tied

In the locker room

Cut

ca·lam·i·ty

Mom doesn’t like us eating out

Missing

The inside of Mom and Dad’s bedroom closet

pa·tel·la ten·di·ni·tis

Sundays After Church

Basketball Rule #2

Girls

While Vondie and JB

pul·chri·tu·di·nous

Practice

Walking Home

Man to Man

After dinner

After we win

Dad Takes Us to Krispy Kreme and Tells Us His Favorite Story (Again)

Basketball Rule #3

Josh’s Play-by-Play

The new girl

I Missed Three Free Throws Tonight

Basketball Rule #4

Having a mother

Mom shouts

hy·per·ten·sion

To fall asleep

Why We Only Ate Salad for Thanksgiving

How Do You Spell Trouble?

Bad News

Gym class

Second Quarter

Conversation

Conversation

Basketball Rule #5

Showoff

Out of Control

Mom calls me into the kitchen

35–18

Too Good

I’m on Free Throw Number Twenty-Seven

He probably

i·ron·ic

This Is Alexis—May I Please Speak to Jordan?

Phone Conversation (I Sub for JB)

JB and I

Boy walks into a room

At practice

Second-Person

Third Wheel

tip·ping point

The main reason I can’t sleep

Surprised

Conversation

Game Time: 6:00 p.m.

This is my second year

Basketball Rule #6

Josh’s Play-by-Play

Before

Third Quarter

After

Suspension

chur·lish

This week, I

Basketball Rule #7

The Nosebleed Section

Fast Break

Storm

The next morning

pro·fuse·ly

Article #1 in the Daily News (December 14)

Mostly everyone

Final Jeopardy

Dear Jordan

I don’t know

No Pizza and Fries

Even Vondie

Uh-oh

I run into Dad’s room

Behind Closed Doors

The girl who stole my brother

Things I Learn at Dinner

Dishes

Coach’s Talk Before the Game

Josh’s Play-by-Play

Text Messages from Mom, Part One

The Second Half

Tomorrow Is the Last Day of School Before Christmas Vacation

Coach comes over

es·tranged

School’s Out

The Phone Rings

Basketball Rule #8

When we get to the court

At Noon, in the Gym, with Dad

Fourth Quarter

The doctor pats Jordan and me on the back and says

my·o·car·di·al in·farc·tion

Okay, Dad

Mom, since you asked, I’ll tell you why I’m so angry

Text Messages from Vondie

On Christmas Eve

Santa Claus Stops By

Questions

Tanka for Language Arts Class

I don’t think I’ll ever get used to

Basketball Rule #9

As we’re about to leave for the final game

During warm-ups

Text Messages from Mom, Part Two

For Dad

The Last Shot

Overtime

Article #2 in the Daily News (January 14)

Where Do We Go from Here?

star·less

Basketball Rule #10

There are so many friends

Free Throws

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