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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
This was another quick, but great read from Jason Reynolds. This is like a short story collection, but all the stories are related. Each story is about a young person (or group) that walks home from school in the same area each day and the different things that happen to them or that they struggle with. It helps show diversity and definitely compassion. I think I will be able to get many of my students to pick this one up, even those that aren't normally interested in books.
I usually put aside a book with a lot of bodily-function humor and right away in the first chapter there are boogers. But to dismiss this collection of stories too quickly would be a such a mistake. There is just so much heart in each one, especially the group of friends who are all children of parents ill with cancer. They hustle 90 cents into $9 and buy 4 ice creams to bring to the mom who just had chemo that day. Or the one about a grand-daughter who adores her grand-father and leaves him jokes each day so that he can remember to giggle. Ten stories that connect in the most interesting ways.
Grades 6 and up.
Grades 6 and up.
Jason Reynolds is such a gifted writer. This book is a snapshot of a neighborhood from different kids’ perspectives. It is a sweet, simple, but simultaneously so complex story that so many young people can find themselves in. Reynolds’ language is so poetic- he has such a way of making the neighborhood come to life right in front of you as you read. I loved it!
Y’all he did it again. Jason Reynolds is such a talented writer. This is one that I definitely want to listen to again. I want to go into details about why I loved this book but I think I’m going to save it for me full review.
As a love of Jason Reynolds and someone who used to walk home from school, I was expecting to love this book. It was good, and I liked it, but that's about it. The story is a good reminder for everyone that you never know what someone else is facing, even people that you just cross the street with. It was also a good reminder of how connected we all are - if you've lived long enough somewhere and you get to talking to someone else who lives there, you'll probably find that you've got something in common based on where you live, like an extremely kind crossing guard who helps make sure everyone gets where they're going, safely.
Love the author. Loved the concept. Liked how the stories wove together. Wasn’t my favorite, by far, by Reynolds, though.
The walk home from school can mean lots of things: freedom from prying adults, sprints, skateboards, memory, laughter, fear, detours, neighborhood legends, crushes and the bonds of friendship, and looking out for your people. This is a hilarious, profound, and adventurous tale of the directions that ten different walks home take after the dismissal bell. Just TRY not to fall in love with these characters.
I've read a few Jason Reynolds books and, to be honest, I was expecting more here. I don't know if it was the format, the playfulness of Reynolds' tone juxtaposed with the often more serious nature of the stories, the characters themselves...I'm not really sure. I just know that I hold Reynolds to a high standard and this -- this just didn't cut it for me.
This is a series of stories that are related by their proximity to each other (10 blocks). Each is unique, many overlap, some are sad, some are touching but all ten students are learning about life.
2020 Popsugar Reading Challenge #3 A book with a great first line (or few lines)
"This story was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school bus falling from the sky.
But no one saw it happen. No one heard anything. So instead, this story will begin like the good ones.
With boogers."
2020 Popsugar Reading Challenge #3 A book with a great first line (or few lines)
"This story was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school bus falling from the sky.
But no one saw it happen. No one heard anything. So instead, this story will begin like the good ones.
With boogers."