Jason Reynolds Is Just Getting Started: The 2023 Margaret A. Edwards Award Winner Spins Straw Into Gold
From verse to prose or a superhero novel to a fusion of art and text, his moving examinations of modern society are captivating, innovative, and beloved. [...]in 2015, he coauthored All American Boys with Brendan Kiely; the title—which received both a Coretta Scott King Honor and the Walter Dean Mye...
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| Published in: | School Library Journal 2023-06, Vol.69 (6), p.25 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | From verse to prose or a superhero novel to a fusion of art and text, his moving examinations of modern society are captivating, innovative, and beloved. [...]in 2015, he coauthored All American Boys with Brendan Kiely; the title—which received both a Coretta Scott King Honor and the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature—explores racism and police brutality in a community through the perspectives of a Black boy assaulted by a white police officer and his white classmate who witnesses it. In 2016's Ghost, a National Book Award for Young People's Literature finalist, Reynolds writes of a talented middle school track sprinter coping with the aftermath of his father's attempt to kill him and his mother. What would you tell students in schools where your books and others are being pulled from the shelves? [...]I think we should be focusing on the librarians and these teachers who are pressing forward regardless, all of the people on the front lines who have shown love and who sacrifice and put their jobs on the line every single day to make sure that our young people get a fair swing at open and honest, not just information, but art. |
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| ISSN: | 0362-8930 |