Are your tweens obsessed with books in verse? How about sports? Herndon resident, Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator and the New York Times Best Selling author of 25 books, including “The Crossover,” a Newbery Medal winner. The book is a sports novel written in verse for middle school-aged children.

School Library Journal (starred review) praised “The Crossover.” "Alexander has crafted story that vibrates with energy and heat and begs to be read aloud. A slam dunk."

Bulletin of the Center for Children' Books (starred review), wrote,"Alexander fully captures Josh's athletic finesse and coming of age angst in a mix of free verse and hip-hop poetry..."

Now Alexander is out to promote his newest book, “Rebound,” the follow-up to “Crossover.” He is on a 30-day, 24-stop, coast-to-coast book tour. Reston is his fourth stop. Just like basketball teams, Alexander travels in a tour bus, but his bus is professionally wrapped to look exactly like the cover of his new book.

Alexander and his bus will be in Reston at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 5, 2018, at Scrawl Books, 11911 Freedom Drive, Reston. Alexander is there for a book signing.

Booklist (starred review) praised “Rebound”: "{brilliant} wordplay and syntax. There is a rhythm to each page, whether it's the snappy give-and-take of dialogue, the throbbing of Charlie's bottomless melancholy, or the rushing excitement of a basketball game... Alexander is unstoppable."

“Rebound” by Kwame Alexander is available in hardcover for $16.99, 414 pages. The book is appropriate for readers 10-12 years of age. Sales opened April 2, 2018.