Jason Reynolds
1) Ghost
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
Language
English
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10 to Try for Kids- Author of Color
Books for Reluctant Readers (Intermediate/Middle School)
Resolution You for Teens
Youth - Mental Health Books
Books for Reluctant Readers (Intermediate/Middle School)
Resolution You for Teens
Youth - Mental Health Books
Description
"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--
Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team -- a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone gets mad at hustlers, especially if you're on the victim side of the hustle. And Miles knew hustling was in his veins." Miles Morales is just your average teenager. Dinner every Sunday with his parents, chilling out playing old-school video games with his best friend, Ganke, crushing on brainy, beautiful poet Alicia. He's even got a scholarship spot at the prestigious Brooklyn Visions Academy. Oh yeah, and he's Spider Man. But lately, Miles's...
Author
Series
Stuntboy volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Portico Reeves' secret identity as Stuntboy allows him to use his superpower keep everybody safe, but when his superhero parents start fighting a lot he feels the responsibility to save them.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"As a student at Brooklyn Visions Academy, Miles Morales knows he's lucky. Not all kids get this opportunity, especially not kids from his neighborhood. With his quirky best friend Ganke, this school year is gonna be a blast. Right? Wrong. Miles has a secret. He's actually Spider-Man. Well not THE Spider-Man but A Spider-Man. Pretty much the only Spider-Man in town now that Peter Parker is gone. Miles is doing his best to save every little old lady...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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#ReadInColor: Black Authors
Black History Month - Teens
Books for Reluctant Readers (High School)
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Black History Month - Teens
Books for Reluctant Readers (High School)
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Description
There are three rules in the neighborhood: Don't cry ; Don't snitch ; Get revenge. Will takes his dead brother Shawn's gun, and gets in the elevator on the 7th floor. As the elevator stops on each floor, someone connected to Shawn gets on. Someone already dead. Dead by teenage gun violence. And each has something to share with Will.
8) Patina
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
"A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--
9) Sunny
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
Sunny, the Defenders' best runner, only runs for his father, who blames Sunny for his mother's death, but with his coach's help Sunny finds a way to combine track and field with his true passion, dancing.
Author
Language
English
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#ownvoices - Black Books for Kids
Black History Month - Teens
NYT - Young Adult Hardcover
Staff Favorites
Black History Month - Teens
NYT - Young Adult Hardcover
Staff Favorites
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Description
"A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today, adapted from the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning"--
"The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. Racist ideas are woven into the fabric of this country, and the first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's racist past and present. This book...
12) Lu
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 4
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"Lu knows he can lead Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and the team to victory at the championships, but it might not be as easy as it seems. Suddenly, there are hurdles in Lu's way--literally and not-so-literally--and Lu needs to figure out, fast, what winning the gold really means"--
14) As brave as you
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
"Genie|s summer is full of surprises. The first is that he and his big brother, Ernie, are leaving Brooklyn for the very first time to spend the summer with their grandparents all the way in Virginia--in the COUNTRY! The second surprise comes when Genie figures out that their grandfather is blind. Thunderstruck and--being a curious kid--Genie peppers Grandpop with questions about how he covers it so well (besides wearing way cool Ray-Bans)"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.
18) For everyone
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds's rallying cry to the dreamers of the world. For Every One is just that: for every one. For every one person. For every one dream. But especially for every one kid. The kids who dream...
Author
Series
Stuntboy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From Newbery Medal honoree and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes the sequel to the hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed middle grade novel Stuntboy, in the Meantime about the greatest young superhero you ve never heard of, jam packed with illustrations by Raúl the Third!" -Provided by Publisher