All American Boys

Miles Morales: Spider-Man

Stuntboy, In The Meantime

Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You

There Was a Party for Langston

The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family

I Survived the Wellington Avalanche, 1910

No Turning Back

UK Carnegie Medal winner
A National Book Award Finalist
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
An NPR Favorite Book of 2019
A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2019
A Time Best Children’s Book of 2019
A Today Show Best Kids’ Book of 2019
A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2019
A School Library Journal Best Middle Grade Book of 2019
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019
A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019
“As innovative as it is emotionally arresting.” —Entertainment Weekly

From National Book Award finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a novel told in ten blocks, showing all the different directions kids’ walks home can take.

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. They were all too busy—

Talking about boogers.
Stealing pocket change.
Skateboarding.
Wiping out.
Braving up.
Executing complicated handshakes.
Planning an escape.
Making jokes.
Lotioning up.
Finding comfort.
But mostly, too busy walking home.

Jason Reynolds conjures ten tales (one per block) about what happens after the dismissal bell rings, and brilliantly weaves them into one wickedly funny, piercingly poignant look at the detours we face on the walk home, and in life.

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All American Boys

Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely, 2015

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Stuntboy, In The Meantime

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Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You

Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds, Rachelle Baker, 2021

There Was a Party for Langston

Jason Reynolds, Jerome Pumphrey, Jarrett Pumphrey, 2023

The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family

S.K. Ali, Hatem Aly, Ibtihaj Muhammad, 2019

I Survived the Wellington Avalanche, 1910

Lauren Tarshis, 2022

No Turning Back

Beverley Naidoo, 1995