In this sequel to Legacy and the Queen (2019), Legacy Petrin and her friends Javi and Pippa have returned to Legacy’s home province and the orphanage run by her father. Poet Alexander deftly reveals the power of the format to pack an emotional punch.Ī young tennis champion becomes the target of revenge. The basketball action provides energy and rhythm for a moving story. While Josh relates the story, readers get a full picture of major and minor players. Most interesting is the family dynamic that informs so much of the narrative, which always reveals, never tells. This novel in verse is rich in character and relationships. The twins experience their first major rift when JB is attracted to a new girl in their school, and Josh finds himself without his brother. Now, however, he does not have a job and seems to have health problems the parents do not fully divulge to the boys. Their love of the sport comes from their father, who had also excelled in the game, though his championship was achieved overseas. After all, Josh has dreadlocks and is quiet on court, and JB is bald and a trash talker. As the two middle schoolers move to a successful season, readers can see their differences despite the sibling connection.

They are also successful students, since their educator mother will stand for nothing else. Josh Bell and his twin, Jordan, aka JB, are stars of their school basketball team.

Basketball-playing twins find challenges to their relationship on and off the court as they cope with changes in their lives.

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