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An All-Star of children’s literature will speak this week at a special Western Washington University event for fifth-graders, and will appear in a free public talk at Bellingham High School.

Kwame Alexander, who won the 2015 Newbery Medal for “The Crossover,” a story in verse, will be part of the annual Compass 2 Campus program at ��������.

“The Crossover,” a joyous and captivating story about twin brothers who play basketball and have a warm relationship with their dad, a former pro player, also won a triple-double of other honors — including a Coretta Scott King Honor, Charlotte Huck Award Honor and the Paterson Poetry Prize for Young People’s Literature.