Ain't burned all the bright / by Reynolds [author] & Griffin [illustrator]
"A smash up of art and text that viscerally captures what it means to not be able to breathe, and how the people and things you love most are actually the oxygen you most need" -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781534439467
- ISBN: 1534439463
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Atheneum, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. "A Caitlyn Dlouhy book." |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 12 and Up. Atheneum. Grades 7-9. Atheneum. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.2 0.5 514995. |
Awards Note: | MASL Dogwood |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | African Americans > Poetry. African American families > Poetry. |
Genre: | Poetry. Illustrated works. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Webb City Public Library | YA Reynolds, Jason (Text) | 38262300007473 | Young Adult | Available | - |
Ain't Burned All the Bright
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Summary
Ain't Burned All the Bright
A Caldecott Honor winner! 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 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds. 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 generation s , now you know. And those who already do, you'll be nodding yep yep, that is exactly how it is.