Booked

By: Kwame Alexander

Illustrated by: Dawud Anyabwile

Mackin "free" cart, paperback, 315 pages

Published: 2022

Genre: YA graphic novel, realistic fiction

Nick Hall loves playing soccer and has a crush on April. His best friend Coby also plays soccer, but on a rival team. Nick's parents are separated and he misses his mom. His dad wrote a dictionary of unusual words and he expects Nick to read it all. 

Teachers, books, bullies, and courage. This graphic novel is an adaptation of a book Alexander wrote. I usually really like his work, but this one was just okay. I'm definitely not the target audience, though! I'm thinking of someone I might give this to - he's a bit older than Nick Hall, but also likes soccer and wants to be courageous.

The appendicitis part was pretty interesting.