He Said, She Said, Kwame Alexander
He Said, She Said, Kwame Alexander
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He Said, She Said

Author: Kwame Alexander

Narrator: Carra Patterson, Ruffin Prentiss

Unabridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/28/2019


Synopsis

Sparks will fly in this hip-hop-hot teen novel that mixes social protest and star-crossed romance, from Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author Kwame Alexander! He Said, She Said is perfect for fans of Walter Dean Myers and Rachel Vail alike. This paperback edition includes a Q&A with author Kwame Alexander. He says: Omar "T-Diddy" Smalls has got it made-a full football ride to UMiami, hero-worship status at school, and pick of any girl at West Charleston High. She says: Football, shmootball. Here's what Claudia Clarke cares about: Harvard, the poor, the disenfranchised, the hungry, the staggering teen pregnancy rate, investigative journalism . . . the list goes on. She does not have a minute to waste on Mr. T-Diddy Smalls and his harem of bimbos. He Said, She Said is a fun and fresh novel from Kwame Alexander that throws these two high school seniors together when they unexpectedly end up leading the biggest social protest this side of the Mississippi-with a lot of help from Facebook and Twitter. The stakes are high, the romance is hot, and when these worlds collide, watch out!

About Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander is a poet, an educator, and the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty-five books, including his Newbery Medal–winning middle grade novel The Crossover. Some of his other works include Booked, which was longlisted for the National Book Award; The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life; Swing; the picture books How to Read a Book and How to Write a Poem (coauthored with Deanna Nikaido), both illustrated by Melissa Sweet; and The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Caldecott Medal, a Newbery Honor, and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. He is a regular contributor to NPR’s Morning Edition, currently serving as their poet ambassador. He lives in Virginia with his family. Visit his website at kwamealexander.com. 


Reviews

All the good stuff about this book has already been said. I would like to address some of the negative comments I read. • Yes, there are a whole lot of cliches in this book. The good girl / bad boy trope, she makes him want to be better, yada yada. • Yes, there are some completely UNbelievable things......more

I really wanted to like this book more. It was fast-paced, compelling, and interesting, but it wasn't substantial. The fact that Omar was a more fully realized character than Claudia really frustrated me. She should have had a deeper internal life than Omar, as she lived her life purposefully, but mo......more

Goodreads review by Jamie

The strength of this book is in the dialogue. It zips and crackles and moves the story along. I'm also going to say that in the aftermath of the media taking down Jameis Winston for using slang after winning the National Championship, I was pleased to see slang treated not as the dialog of the uneduc......more