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Jason Reynolds

Autor/a de Ghost

37+ obres 16,133 Membres 687 Ressenyes 3 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Jason Reynolds is the author of When I Was the Greatest, for which he won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent. His debut middle grade book, As Brave As You, was awarded the 2016 Kirkus Prize for young readers'. His other works include Boy in the Black Suit, and All American mostra'n més Boys. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

Inclou el nom: reynolds, jason

Crèdit de la imatge: 2018 National Book Festival By Avery Jensen - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72641781

Sèrie

Obres de Jason Reynolds

Ghost (2016) 2,359 exemplars
Long Way Down (2017) 2,315 exemplars
All American Boys (2015) 1,829 exemplars
Patina (2017) 853 exemplars
As Brave As You (2016) 816 exemplars
The Boy in the Black Suit (2015) 735 exemplars
Sunny (2018) 656 exemplars
Lu (2018) 513 exemplars
When I Was the Greatest (2014) 493 exemplars
For Every One (2018) 454 exemplars
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel (2020) — Autor — 403 exemplars
Ain't Burned All the Bright (2022) 360 exemplars

Obres associades

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (2021) — Col·laborador — 1,460 exemplars
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America (2019) — Col·laborador — 529 exemplars
Fresh Ink: An Anthology (2018) — Col·laborador — 365 exemplars
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices (2018) — Col·laborador — 218 exemplars
How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation (2018) — Col·laborador — 163 exemplars
Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood (2021) — Col·laborador — 160 exemplars
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice (2020) — Pròleg, algunes edicions148 exemplars
Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration (2018) — Col·laborador — 145 exemplars
Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance (2019) — Col·laborador — 106 exemplars
Anonymous Sex (2022) — Col·laborador — 61 exemplars
Everyday People: The Color of Life--a Short Story Anthology (2018) — Col·laborador — 41 exemplars
The Collectors: Stories (2023) — Col·laborador — 34 exemplars
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets (2024) — Col·laborador — 18 exemplars

Etiquetat

Coneixement comú

Data de naixement
1983-12-06
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
USA
País (per posar en el mapa)
USA
Lloc de naixement
Washington, D.C., USA
Llocs de residència
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Educació
University of Maryland (BA|English)
Premis i honors
Margaret A. Edwards Award (2023)
Agent
Elena Giovinazzo

Membres

Ressenyes

This is a haunting story regarding gun violence and how it continues from one member of a family to another.
When Will watches his older brother, Shawn, get shot and dies as a result, Will becomes obsessed to avenge Shawn's death.
When he finds Shawn's gun in his dresser drawer, he has a decision to make. Packing the pistol, he continues to feel an emptiness he never felt before.

Remembering the rules of the neighborhood regarding shootings,

1) NO CRYING
2) NO SNITCHING
3) REVENGE

Will enters an elevator that contains seven people he knew who were killed by gun violence. Written in a sparse poetic form, both violence and the repercussions are vividly told.

Can Will avenge Shawn's killer after his interactions with those in the elevator after they tell their story?
… (més)
½
 
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Whisper1 | Hi ha 141 ressenyes més | Mar 18, 2024 |
You can call it a gun. That’s what fifteen-year-old Will has shoved in the back waistband of his jeans. See, his brother Shawn was just murdered. And Will knows the rules. No crying. No snitching. Revenge. That’s where Will’s now heading, with that gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, the gun that was his brother’s gun. He gets on the elevator, seventh floor, stoked. He knows who he’s after. Or does he?

Told in short, fierce staccato narrative verse, Long Way Down is a fast and furious, dazzlingly brilliant look at teenage gun violence, as could only be told by Jason Reynolds.… (més)
 
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unsoluble | Hi ha 141 ressenyes més | Mar 12, 2024 |
[4.25] One couldn’t ask for a book with a greater array of timely topics: racial tensions, white privilege, societal stereotypes and police brutality. It skillfully explores these complex issues through the eyes of teenaged protagonists who view the struggles from different perspectives. The story becomes marginally repetitive in the second half, and I do wish we had learned a bit more about a couple characters — including the offending police officer — before the final chapters. Nevertheless, “All-American Boys” is powerful book that merits being placed on school reading lists.… (més)
 
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brianinbuffalo | Hi ha 63 ressenyes més | Mar 11, 2024 |
this broke me in the best and most necessary way possible. we need books like this. if you haven’t read it, you need to. now.

content warnings for this book: police brutality, assault, racial profiling, racism, antiblackness, discussions of deaths of black people caused by police but not depicted, discussions of gun violence mentioned but not depicted, death of a parent mentioned frequently but not depicted (let me know if there are any more i need to tag)
 
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lizjenkins | Hi ha 63 ressenyes més | Mar 10, 2024 |

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Estadístiques

Obres
37
També de
15
Membres
16,133
Popularitat
#1,408
Valoració
4.3
Ressenyes
687
ISBN
386
Llengües
12
Preferit
3

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