The Crossover and Booked by Kwame Alexander

 Nick Hall, a bright eighth-grader, has trouble paying attention in class. 
Most of his brain time is taken up daydreaming about soccer, or the girl he likes, or his bully problem. Meanwhile, problems at home give him other things to worry about, but he gets help from his best friend and teammate Coby, as well as rapping librarian “The Mac,” who points Nick to inspiring literature when his dreams of soccer take a disappointing turn. 

Josh Bell and his twin brother Jordan are stars on their high school basketball team, taught by their father, a professional player in Europe before his health forced him to quit. Josh is better known by his nickname, Filthy McNasty, because he has mad ball skills and mad beats, too, making up rhymes even while he is dribbling past some unsuspecting guard. Josh has always assumed that he and Jordan would follow in their dad's footsteps and go pro, but with their father's deteriorating health, and the presence of a polarizing new girl at school, the future is anything but certain.