Swing
Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess
Readers rate it 3.2 (9 on Hardcover)
448 pages · Released 2018 · Blink
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Swing parent’s guide: what’s inside
Violence
LGBTQ+ themes
Scary or mature
Substance use
What it offers
Educational value
A note for parents
Swing is a coming-of-age novel in verse about teenage friendship, resilience, and navigating romantic disappointment. The story centers on Noah's journey after repeated failures and his growth through support from friends and family. While it contains mild language and some romantic content typical of YA, the book emphasizes positive values like perseverance, honest communication, and self-reflection rather than escapism.
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From the publisher
Things usually do not go as planned for seventeen-year-old Noah. He and his best friend Walt have just been cut from the high school baseball team for the third year in a row, and it looks like Noah's love interest since fifth grade, Samantha, will never take it past the "best friend" zone. Things usually do not go as planned for seventeen-year-old Noah. He and his best friend Walt have just been cut from the high school baseball team for the third year in a row, and it looks like Noah's love interest since fifth grade, Samantha, will never take it past the "best friend" zone.
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- Attitude (Psychology)
- Letters
- School sports
- Baseball stories
- Teenagers
- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships
- High schools
- Best friends
- African Americans
- Adolescence, fiction
- Baseball, fiction
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