Jason Reynolds
Autor/a de Ghost
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
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
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning (2020) 1,854 exemplars
Jerk 3 exemplars
The Mouthless God and Jesus Number Two 3 exemplars
Our story. Our way 1 exemplars
Run (versione italiana) (Track Vol. 2) 1 exemplars
Daqui Pra Baixo (Portuguese Edition) 1 exemplars
Untitled 1 exemplars
Fantasma (Ghost Spanish Edition) (1) (Track). 1 exemplars
Obres associades
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience (2021) — Col·laborador — 221 exemplars
Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration (2018) — Col·laborador — 145 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
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Llistes
Premis
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 37
- També de
- 15
- Membres
- 16,133
- Popularitat
- #1,408
- Valoració
- 4.3
- Ressenyes
- 687
- ISBN
- 386
- Llengües
- 12
- Preferit
- 3
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)