The Playbook

This is a quick read with rules for success on the court and in real life interspersed with a handful of stories about athletes who have overcome challenges.

The advice is all good, and kids will love the graphic layouts, but this isn't really anything new.  Sports as a metaphor for success?  Heard it about a million times, but kids will pick it up because they enjoyed Kwame Alexander's other books and because of the sports angle.

This could be a good one for discussion, especially since there isn't much elaboration in the book, but if it makes a few kids stop and think, I won't complain!

Plus, Kwame is so stinking cute.  I just want to be friends with him in real life.