Rebound vs The Crossover: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Rebound Rebound Yuriko Nishiyama · 2002 ★★★★☆ 3.8 183 pages · ≈ 3 h 23 m · Easy

It's a new school year and Kobayashi has been offered the position of captain of team Johann. Can he handle the pressure? Will Shurman now feel free to reveal his feelings for Kim and how will that affect the team?

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Cover of The Crossover The Crossover Kwame Alexander · 2014 ★★★★☆ 4.2 240 pages · ≈ 4 h 27 m · Light

"A bolt of lightning on my kicks, the court is sizzling, my sweat is drizzling. Stop all that quivering, cuz tonight I'm delivering," raps basketball phenom Josh Bell. Thanks to his dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan,…

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How to choose

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ReboundThe Crossover
Goodreads — 4.2 (71750)
Hardcover — 4.4 (44)
Google Books 5.0 (1) 5.0 (1)
Apple Books — 4.5 (31)

Reception

ReboundThe Crossover
Ratings 1 71750
Editions 16 19
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 477
Reading it now — 153
Written reviews — 218
Wikipedia attention 167 872
Pages 183 240

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