Still love Jason Reynolds. This book takes ten kids lives and gave their stories a place to exist, while also showing how they're involved with each other's lives. What kind of impact they have.
An amazon summary, "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." AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE
I'm actually going to take a note from the amazon summary and give kind of a generic summary since this is really a group of short, interconnected stories. I would argue that one of the main points of the book is, that you never really know what someone else is going through unless you kind of walk a day in their shoes. I think it also makes great points about you never know how you impact someone else, you never know how your story fits with their story.
I also like how unique each story is, and how sometimes it's not just about one kid (like stealing pocket change). I also think it kind of starts out soft, a kid with a more easily understood story, before it leads to things that are a little harder to understand, things that are a little harder to talk about. I also liked the recurring theme about school buses, it kind of helped tie each story that much closer together.
These were great, great stories.
Happy reading!
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