Ain't Burned All the Bright -- Jason Reynolds

<b>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 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds.</b> <p/>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. <p/>And so for anyone who didn't really know what it means to not be able to breathe, <i>REALLY </i>breathe, <i> for generation</i><i>s</i>, now you know. And those who already do, you'll be nodding yep yep, that is <i>exactly</i> how it is.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Jason Reynolds<br><b>Publisher:</b> Atheneum Books<br><b>Published:</b> 01/11/2022<br><b>Pages:</b> 384<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 2.04lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.56h x 6.01w x 1.25d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781534439467<br><b>Age Range:</b> 13-17<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Kirkus Reviews</i> 11/01/2021<br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 11/15/2021<br><i>Booklist</i> 12/01/2021 pg. 47<br><i>Shelf Awareness</i> 01/11/2022<br><i>Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks</i> 01/01/2022 - Book Of Special Dist