Ain’t Burned All the Bright

Title: Ain't Burned All the Bright
Book List: A Celebration of Black Voices in Teen Nonfiction, Reluctant Teen Readers: Gr 6-8, Summer Fun Reads for Teens
Published by: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Author: Jason Reynolds
Genre: Teen

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.

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