Swing

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Things usually do not go as planned for seventeen year old Noah He and his best friend Walt aka Swing have been cut from the high school baseball team for the third year in a row, and it looks like Noah s love interest since third grade, Sam, will never take it past the best friend zone Noah would love to retire his bat and accept the status quo, but Walt has big plans for them both, which include making the best baseball comeback ever, getting the girl, and finally finding cool.To go from lovelorn to ladies men, Walt introduces Noah to a relationship guru his Dairy Queen employed cousin, Floyd and the always informative Woohoo Woman Podcast Noah is reluctant, but decides fate may be intervening when he discovers than just his mom s birthday gift at the thrift shop Inside the vintage Keepall is a gold mine of love letters from the 1960s Walt is sure these letters and the podcasts are just what Noah needs to communicate his true feelings to Sam To Noah, the letters are an initiation to the curious rhythms of love and jazz, as well as a way for him and Walt to embrace their own kind of cool While Walt is hitting balls out of the park and catching the eye of the baseball coach, Noah composes anonymous love letters to Sam in an attempt to write his way into her heart But as things are looking up for Noah and Walt, a chain of events alters everything Noah knows to be true about love, friendship, sacrifice, and fate In Swing, bestselling authors Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess Solo present a free verse poetic story that will speak to anyone who s struggled to find their voice and take a swing at life. Read Swing – kino-fada.fr I just finished listening to the audiobook, and if you have the chance to do the same, I highly recommend it Author Kwame Alexander reads it himself and brings the story to life, and I loved the jazz music play...Music, art, poetry, baseball, love, and war make this YA novel in verse unique Noah has been in love with one of his best friends for a while, and he is inspired to start creating found art love poems for her after finding some love letters from the 60s His ...Have you ever been best friends with someone but you really want to move past the friend zone into somethingNoah, Walt, and Sam have been best friends for as long as they can remember Noah has feelings for Sam that go way past the best friend zone, but Sam only has eyes for the star baseball player even though he treats her bad To help move Noah and Sam s relationship on, Walt takes Noah ...They do it again I m always amazed that Kwame Mary evoke such depth of emotion from so few words This book is full of memorable characters and will leave you changed At one point in the story I did think there were too many plot points happening that diluted the story slightly but they tie them up, if not happily, then succinctly This is a story that will stick with me and is easy to champion for, much like this team s book Solo and Kwame s books overall An accessible and essential vo They do it again I m always amazed that Kwame Mary evoke such depth of emotion from so few words This book is full of memorable characters and will leave you changed At one point in the story I did think there were too many plot points happening that diluted the story slightly but they tie them up, if not happily, then succinctly This is a story that will stick with me and is easy to champion for, much like this team s book Solo and Kwame s books overall An accessible and essential voice in the bo...unfortunately couldn t really get into this oneThe poetic rhythm and the figurative language in this story are amazing It was so enjoyable to read all of the fun facts and allusions that are included The combination of jazz, baseball, and poetry made for a fascinating mix in this story of friendship and love However, the overall story is one that is tough for me to review because I just don t feel I m the right audience There was too much love story, oraccurately the story of a lovesick teenage boy, for me to completely enjoy the c The poetic rhythm and the figurative language in this story are amazing It was so enjoyable to read all of the fun facts and allusions that are included The combination of... Netgalley provided me a DRC of this book in exchange for an honest review.I can t even tell you guys how excited I was to get an ARC of this one I ADORE Kwame Alexander s work, and I wasn t disappointed.Swing is one part romance, one part coming of age, one part social commentary Although it s a little heavy on the romance and light on the commentary Our narrator, Noah, is in love with his best friend but she has a boyfriend He loves art and baseball and his kooky friend Walt aka Swing , Netgalley provided me a DRC of this book in exchange for an honest review.I can t even tell you guys how excit...I had the opportunity to read Swing via NetGalley I am a huge fan of Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess I love what they offer the world through literature I have read everything by Kwame and have loved it all I am constantly amazed how beautifully he can express feelings and ideas through poetry For that reason, I expected great things from Swing It did not disappoint The friendships, hopes, goals, feelings, and disappointments fit right in to what we can all remember from our teenage ye I had the opportunity to read Swing via NetGalley I am a huge fan of Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess I love what they offer the world through literature I have read everything by Kwame and have loved it all I am constantly amazed how beautifully he can express feelings and ideas through poetry For that reason, I expected great things from Swing It did not disappoint The friendships, hopes, goals, feelings, and disappointments fit right in to what we can all remember from our teenage years I had been warned that the ending would come as a surprise, and I am not sure it really did Honestly, I partially expected it But even with that, I still have found myself struggling with how I feel about the ending Was it too abrupt Were all the characters developed enough to feel like it was ok and not a rushed ending Does it send a positive message in the end I have been gra...Newbery Award winner, Kwame Alexander, along with Mary Rand Hess has written and illustrated an awesome realistic fiction novel about the intersections of baseball, jazz, life and love Noah and Walt have been friends since grade school Walt Swing is crazy about baseball and jazz Noah is crazy about their friend Sam Samantha In this teenage love story, the characters go through their days trying to find out about life in poetic fashion As a talented artist, Noah finally has the courage t Newbery Award winner, Kwame Alexander, along with Mary Rand Hess has written and illustrated an awesome realistic fiction novel about the intersections of baseball, jazz, life and love Noah and Walt have been friends since grade school Walt Swing is crazy about baseball and jazz Noah is crazy about their friend Sam Samantha In this teenage love story, the characters go through their days trying to find out about life in poetic fashion As a talen...I read an ARC via NetGalley Kwame Alexander is a fabulous writer whose prose are intelligent and engaging Walt AKA Swing and Noah are lovelorn high school boys who are passionate about many things, including baseball, jazz, art, and ladies While neither boy is great at baseball, they strive to be their best selves I liked that they didn t feel an obligation to fit in to stereotypical high school roles The story follows ...

Swing
  • 10 November 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 448 pages
  • 0310761913
  • Kwame Alexander
  • Swing