

The Boy in the Black Suit
Author: Jason Reynolds
Narrator: Corey Allen
Unabridged: 7 hr 48 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 01/06/2015
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes
Author: Jason Reynolds
Narrator: Corey Allen
Unabridged: 7 hr 48 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 01/06/2015
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes
Jason Reynolds is an award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author. Jason's many books include Miles Morales: Spider Man, the Track series, Long Way Down, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor, and Look Both Ways, which was a National Book Award Finalist. His book Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You is a collaboration with Ibram X. Kendi. Recently named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Jason has appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and CBS This Morning. He is on faculty at Lesley University for the Writing for Young People MFA Program and lives in Washington, DC.
Posted originally at my blog The Perpetual Page-Turner -- come hang out for book talk and more! I’m just saying this right now — Jason Reynolds is an extraordinary talent who needs WAY more recognition. I was so, so impressed with The Boy In The Black Suit. It’s smart, moving and 1. The Boy in the Bla......more
Originally Posted atConfessions of an Opinionated Book Geek I am having a renaissance. It’s cultural, personal and steeped in my own identity. I am reading writers of color and characters of color. This seems obvious. I’m black. I am of color. I am from the Bronx. I was born in the city and bred in......more
Damn. This book. Just...damn. A beautifully written, quiet, character study of a young man who seeks solace after his mother's death by attending the funerals of others. Jason Reynolds is amazing. Read this book.......more
The ONLY reason this realistic book that is by turns funny and heart-wrenching did not get 5 stars from me is the author's reliance on coincidence to stitch his story up at the end. Dear Jason Reynolds - your story and certainly your characters are strong enough to carry the tale through to a satisf......more
When Matt's mom dies from breast cancer everything falls apart. For instance, his father starts drinking again a habit he stopped so he could marry Matt's mom. News spreads like wildfire through Matt's town so when he goes back to school everyone treats him like the boy with a dead mama. At least Ch......more