Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds audiobook

Ain't Burned All the Bright

By Jason Reynolds
Read by Jason Reynolds, Nile Bullock, JaQwan J. Kelly, DePre Owens, and Tatum Marylin Hall

Simon & Schuster Audio 9781534439467

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 2 Formats: CD
  • 2 Formats: Library CD

  • ISBN: 9781797137568

  • ISBN: 9781797137551

Runtime: 0.62 Hours
Category: Fiction
Audience: Young Adult (12–17)
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

A BookPage Top Pick of the Month

NAMED A 2023 ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN’S RECORDING!

A Caldecott Honor winner!

Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerally captures what it is to be Black. In America. Right Now. Written by #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds.

Jason Reynolds and his best bud, Jason Griffin, had a mind-meld. And they decided to tackle it, in one fell swoop, in about ten sentences, and 300 pages of art, this piece, this contemplation-manifesto-fierce-vulnerable-gorgeous-terrifying-WhatIsWrongWithHumans-hope-filled-hopeful-searing-Eye-Poppingly-Illustrated-tender-heartbreaking-how-The-HECK-did-They-Come-UP-with-This project about oxygen. And all of the symbolism attached to that word, especially NOW.

And so for anyone who didn’t really know what it means to not be able to breathe, REALLY breathe, for generations, now you know. And those who already do, you’ll be nodding yep yep, that is exactly how it is.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“A profound visual testimony to how much changed while we all had to stay inside and how much—painfully, mournfully—stayed the same.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Captures what it’s like to be young and Black in America right now. Though the text is sparse, the feeling behind it will linger with readers long after the last page.” —Barnes&Noble.com
“Expresses the zeitgeist of a troubled time. It’s essential reading.” —Booklist (starred review)
“Visual moments that encourage the reader to find solace and inspiration in the everyday.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Dynamic and visceral…portrays the claustrophobia of the summer of 2020 from the perspective of a young boy.” —BookPage (starred review)

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Author

Author Bio: Jason Reynolds

Author Bio: Jason Reynolds

Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a Kirkus Award winner, a Carnegie Medal winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors. He is also the 2020–2021 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. His many books include Long Way Down, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : CD, Library CD
Category: Fiction
Runtime: 0.62
Audience: Young Adult (12–17)
Language: English

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