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Index
Title Page
Contents
Dedication
Copyright
Looking Back
1988
May 28, 1988
I used to play H.O.R.S.E.
Sometimes, I wish
So Fly!
Skinny picks
Home
Black Hole
Conversation
In the Morning
Ten Reasons Why I Hate Sirens
Today
There’s an old house
Sanctuary
Flipper McGhees
Me and Skinny
Conversation with Skinny
Thought
Who’s Bad?
Hooky
Memory
I skipped school today
After dinner
Oops!
Conversation (that ends badly)
Overheard
Things I Think About Before I Fall Asleep
Lunch
In preschool
Things I Think About in Gym Class
Unlucky
Lucky
Chills
Yo, Charlie, you all right?
Queasy
After School
After not eating
Conversation (at my front door)
Ivan
On our way to Quik-Mart
But, before I can say
The Loot
Interruption
I drift off
Alarm
Interrogation
Trouble
The Truth
Dead Man Walking
The sky looks
She makes me knock
A very big dog
Thought
Great Dane
Consequence (Part One)
Things I Think About on the Walk Home
Bomb
You want to go to jail, Charlie
Blame
The Last Straw
School
When I get home
Why I Don’t Like Dogs
Walking Woodrow
Unleashed
The Last Day of School
I tell them
The dog
She named her Abraham Lincoln?
Friday
Saturday
Consequence (Part Two)
I almost drop my
Three-Way Conversation
Reprieve
Renaming
Me and CJ
On Friday
Farewell
The Rink
The Big Move
I’m sorry, guys
Skating with CJ
Doomsday
Conversation with Skinny
Steaming
68 Minutes Later
116 Minutes
132 Minutes
158 Minutes
Questions
Answers
Thought
The Arrival
Lord Have Mercy
Dread
Fried Chicken
Small Talk at Dinner
After
Hustle and Grind
Thought
He watches me
Conversation with Mom
I wake up
Why are all these lights on
Break of Dawn
The Walk
Kerplunk
Conversation with Granddaddy
Breakfast
My cousin Roxie
Conversation (One-sided)
She Got Game
HEY, CHARLIE, COME PLAY A GAME WITH US
Four Hours Later
Jazz
It’s a metaphor, he says
Mom calls
Saturday Morning
Your grandmother
Them’s my apples
Grabbing
Monday Morning
Grandma and Granddad talk
Work
Escape to the Arcade
Three-on-Three
On the Spot
The Score
10–9
Get in the Game
Huddle
Awry
After Roxie checks
Amen
Hallelujah
On the way home
Practice
Phone Message
Phone Message From CJ
Mockery
When we walk into
Coach Roxie
Scorched
Good Night
Friday
Saturday
My Dad’s Comic Books
At 2:45 a.m.
Three hours later
Conversation with Grandma
Why
Sometimes, I wish
But for now
Later
Practice
Surprise
Roxie got all As
Say Cheese
Nosebleed
If watching
Halftime
When the announcer reads
Sweet Georgia Brown
What are the chances?
C.U.R.L.Y.
After all the halftime excitement
On the train ride home
YO, CHARLIE BELL!
Skinny in DC
Surprise
Dear Charlie
Dear Charlie (cont’d)
I read
Practice
More Practice
Pickup Game
I don’t score
Guess Who
Envy
When I get home
Conversation at Roxie’s Front Door
Solo
The two old men
She pulls out
Percival Bell, Age 22
Jordan Bell, Age 23
Joshua Bell, Age 37
Family History
Phone Message
When Granddaddy hollers
Phone Call with CJ
Memory
The Big Game
Wink brings the ball
Playing by Twos
But wait
Down by One
Showcase
The Last Shot
Game Over
Resolve
Surprise
July 2
New Sneakers
The Fourth
Basketball Rule
Let’s Ball
The Plan
I get off the train
Waiting in Line
Fight
Inside
C’MON, CHARLIE, RUN!
Déjà Vu
SIRENS
The Crime
Arrested
Locked Up
Things I Think About While I’m in Jail
The Black Panther
Consequence (Part Three)
Freedom
There’s a Hole In my Soul
Rebound
Homecoming
After I hug Grandma
Conversation with Mom
6:00 a.m.
Peaches and Hope
Bet
One-on-One
Goodbyes
Conversation with Granddadddy
2018 (Thirty Years Later)
June 14, 2018
Conversation
Air Ball
Graduation Gift
She hands me
Dear boys
Later that summer
Conversation with Your Mother
Sample Chapters from THE CROSSOVER
Buy the Book
Sample Chapters from BOOKED
Buy the Book
Middle Grade Mania!
About the Author
Connect with HMH on Social Media
Footnotes
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