New Releases by Jason Reynolds

Le récit d''une première fois et toutes les questions des ados au début de leur vie sexuelle C''est l''histoire d''un garçon de 15 ans dans une salle de bains. Il a peur de sortir, car il est sur le point de faire l''amour avec sa copine. C''est la première fois pour tous les deux, et c''est dans vingt-quatre secondes. Il se souvient des conseils de sa grande soeur, il tente d''oublier ceux de ses potes, qui n''ont probablement jamais fait la moitié des choses dont ils parlent. Même si, là, maintenant, l''angoisse monte, il faut qu''il arrête de se dire : « Et si... et si... » et qu''il fasse confiance à l''amour pour le guider. Une écriture riche et une construction originale Une structure super originale en flash-back successifs : vingt-quatre minutes avant, quand il arrive chez sa chérie avec du poulet frit. Vingt-quatre heures avant, quand il discute avec sa grande soeur. Vingt-quatre jours, vingt-quatre semaines et vingt-quatre mois : quand il voit Aria pour la première fois. Un roman déjà salué par la critique « Jason Reynolds réussit encore un fois ! Mais d''une façon complètement différente. Son récit de la première fois de Neon, avec Aria, son véritable amour, est naturel et sincère du début à la fin. Qui ne voudrait pas commencer sa vie sexuelle avec Neon ? Il est tendre, doux, effrayé et drôle. Un vrai romantique. C''est toujours comme ça que ça devrait se passer, ah, si on avait toutes (et tous) la chance d''Aria ! Toutes les filles (et les autres) t''attendent, Neon ! » - Judy Blume, autrice New York Times bestselling (Are You There God? It''s Me, Margaret.).

Ventiquattro mesi fa... Mentre viene inseguito da un cane nel bel mezzo di un funerale - non certo il suo momento migliore - Neon incontra Aria. Ventiquattro settimane fa... Dopo un anno e mezzo che Neon e Aria stanno insieme, suo padre decide di fargli "il discorso". Neon e Aria sono innamorati e, anche se non hanno ancora fatto quel passo... be'', hanno iniziato a parlarne. Ventiquattro giorni fa... La madre di Neon trova uno dei suoi reggiseni nella stanza del figlio. Per Neon non è semplicissimo spiegarle che è per fare un po'' di pratica, visto che al grande giorno manca meno di un mese. Ventiquattro minuti fa... Finito il suo turno di lavoro nella sala bingo del padre, Neon corre da Aria portando con sé una porzione di bastoncini di pollo fritti: non saranno romantici come fragole e champagne a lume di candela, ma Aria va pazza per i bastoncini di pollo. Ventiquattro secondi da adesso... Neon è chiuso a chiave nel bagno di Aria, ed è in preda al panico. Ancora ventiquattro secondi e lui e Aria faranno finalmente il grande passo... Be'', non faranno granché se lui non riesce a tenere a bada l''ansia e tutti quei consigli e tutti gli "e se" degli ultimi ventiquattro mesi...

Analytische annotatie (jeugd): Neon is smoorverliefd op zijn vriendin Aria en wil dolgraag seks met haar, maar vindt dat tegelijkertijd doodeng. Ze kennen elkaar al vierentwintig maanden. Maar vierentwintig seconden voor het grote moment geeft alles hem een onzeker en ongemakkelijk gevoel. Vanaf ca. 15 jaar.

A Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner A New York Times Bestseller Seven starred reviews! “Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish…This is what it could be, should be, if only we were all as lucky as Aria. Girls (and everyone) wait for your Neon!” —Judy Blume, New York Times bestselling author of Are You There God? It''s Me, Margaret. and Forever... #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds tackles it—you know…it—from the guy’s perspective in this stream of consciousness story of a teen boy about to experience a huge first. “Reynolds’s foray into romance is as spectacular as expected…Undoubtedly, a story for everyone” (Booklist, starred review). Twenty-four months ago: Neon gets chased by a dog all around the parking lot of a church. Not his finest moment. And definitely one he would have loved to forget if it weren’t for the dog’s owner: Aria. Dressed in sweats, a t-shirt, hair in a ponytail. Aria. Way more than fine. Twenty-four weeks ago: Neon’s dad insists on talking to him about tenderness and intimacy. Neon and Aria are definitely in love, and while they haven’t taken that next big step…yet, they’ve starting talking about…that. Twenty-four days ago: Neon’s mom finds her—gulp—bra in his room. Hey! No judging! Those hook thingies are complicated! So he’d figured he’d better practice, what with the big day only a month away. Twenty-four minutes ago: Neon leaves his shift at work at his dad’s bingo hall, making sure to bring some chicken tenders for Aria. They’re not candlelight and they definitely aren’t caviar, but they are her favorite. And right this second? Neon is locked in Aria’s bathroom, completely freaking out because twenty-four seconds from now he and Aria are about to…about to… Well, they won’t do anything if he can’t get out of his own head (all the advice, insecurities, and what ifs) and out of this bathroom!

During Miles'' in-school suspension, he finds himself in a fierce battle with a classmate turned insidious termite who is determined to destroy books and the Black and Brown history they contain, and only Miles can stop him.

Este livro aborda com humor e sensibilidade uma série de questões que afetam os adolescentes: bullying, insucesso escolar, doença, discriminação racial e de género, crise familiar e financeira... Depois de o ler, passamos a olhar com mais atenção e respeito para os dois lados de cada pessoa com quem nos cruzamos no nosso caminho. Plano Nacional de Leitura Literatura - 12-14 anos Finalista do National Book Award Um dos melhores livros do ano (New York Times e Time) Dez caminhos percorridos no mesmo dia. Dez adolescentes que saem da mesma escola. Um livro inesquecível de um autor multipremiado que nos prende e questiona: «Como vais mudar o mundo?» Em 10 breves histórias, que se entrecruzam de forma perfeita e quase impercetível nos mais pequenos detalhes, acompanhamos vários adolescentes desde o toque de saída da escola até à chegada a casa. Cada conto é apresentado sob vários ângulos. Tal como quando se atravessa a rua, somos levados a olhar para os dois lados da vida de cada um deles, e só então percebemos o porquê das suas ações e dos caminhos que tomam. Cada adolescente tem personalidade e circunstâncias distintas, as suas alegrias, os seus medos e os seus desafios diários. Uma galeria de personagens que nos inspiram com a sua coragem e a sua resiliência. Este livro aborda com humor e sensibilidade uma série de questões que afetam os adolescentes: bullying, insucesso escolar, doença, discriminação racial e de género, crise familiar e financeira... Depois de o ler, passamos a olhar com mais atenção e respeito para os dois lados de cada pessoa com quem nos cruzamos no nosso caminho.

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 . . . Intimately set within the walls of a family home, this book is an incredible artefact of the historic year we have all lived through. We travel from the depths of despair but not without hope; the mundane details contained within four walls becomes our sanctuary. This is a gift in commemoration of a time and place, of a world wide pandemic, of loss and of the murder of George Floyd. It is a reminder of how, in uncertain times, we can cling to the simple things for respite, for hope. A reminder of how comforting books and artworks are in times of extreme stress.

A stunning visual autobiography of two crazy-talented besties, bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds and painter Jason Griffin, who could never be who they are singularly if they weren’t who they were together. Once upon a time in America, there were two Jasons. Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin. One a poet. One an artist. One Black. One white. Two voices. One journey in mind: to move to New York, the city of dreams, to make their own dreams come true. Willing to have a life not un-hard, so long as it wasn’t unhappy. Willing to let the city swallow them whole, so long as it gives them their chance. They had each other. “What if painting was a sin, and the poetry became taboo. And no one ever clapped for me again. My question is, would you?” They clapped. Oh, they clapped. And aren’t we glad?

Uuden ajan Spider-Man on syntynyt! Marvelin tunnetuin sankari, Spider-Man viettää 60. juhlavuottaan 2022! Miles Morales on tavallinen Brooklynissä asuva, puertoricolaistaustainen 16-vuotias teini – ja hän sattuu olemaan myös Spider-Man. Kirjan keskiössä on Miles, hänen jokapäiväinen elämänsä ja identiteettinsä: ystävä- ja perhesuhteet, ongelmat koulussa, öisin valvottavat painajaiset ja hänen supersankarikykynsä – onko niitä edes tarkoitettu hänen kaltaiselleen henkilölle? Ennen pitkää hänen pitää alkaa luottamaan superkykyynsä ja käyttää voimiaan pysäyttääkseen koko yhteisöä uhkaavan vaaran. Jason Reynolds on lahjakas ja palkittu amerikkalainen nuortenkirjailija ja runoilija. Hän aloitti tuotantonsa kirjoittamalla runoja räpin innoittamana ja luki ensimmäistä kertaa kirjan kannesta kanteen 17-vuotiaana. Hänen ensimmäinen suomennettu kirjansa Minuutin mittainen ikuisuus ilmestyi tänä vuonna Otavalta.

Le livre que vous avez entre les mains n’est pas un manuel d’histoire. C’est un livre sur l’instant présent. Un livre pour comprendre pourquoi nous en sommes arrivés là. Un livre sur la race. Le concept de race a toujours été utilisé pour obtenir le pouvoir et le conserver, mais aussi pour séparer les êtres humains et imposer le silence aux personnes racisées. Ce remix de Stamped From the Beginning d’Ibram X. Kendi met en avant l’histoire des discours racistes en Amérique et porte l’espoir d’un avenir antiraciste. C’est un véritable voyage dans le temps qui permet de comprendre pourquoi le poison du racisme persiste encore aujourd’hui. Mais si ces propos haineux ont toujours été faciles à fabriquer et à propager, ils peuvent aussi être discrédités. Grâce à un récit dynamique, Jason Reynolds lève le voile sur le caractère insidieux de ces idées et donne des clés pour les identifier et les éliminer de notre quotidien.

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.

A Schneider Family Award Honor Book for Middle Grade From Newbery Medal honoree and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed middle grade novel about the greatest young superhero you’ve never heard of, filled with illustrations by Raúl the Third! Portico Reeves’s superpower is making sure all the other superheroes—like his parents and two best friends—stay super. And safe. Super safe. And he does this all in secret. No one in his civilian life knows he’s actually…Stuntboy! But his regular Portico identity is pretty cool, too. He lives in the biggest house on the block, maybe in the whole city, which basically makes it a castle. His mom calls where they live an apartment building. But a building with fifty doors just in the hallways is definitely a castle. And behind those fifty doors live a bunch of different people who Stuntboy saves all the time. In fact, he’s the only reason the cat, New Name Every Day, has nine lives. All this is swell except for Portico’s other secret, his not-so-super secret. His parents are fighting all the time. They’re trying to hide it by repeatedly telling Portico to go check on a neighbor “in the meantime.” But Portico knows “meantime” means his parents are heading into the Mean Time which means they’re about to get into it, and well, Portico’s superhero responsibility is to save them, too—as soon as he figures out how. Only, all these secrets give Portico the worry wiggles, the frets, which his mom calls anxiety. Plus, like all superheroes, Portico has an arch-nemesis who is determined to prove that there is nothing super about Portico at all.

''Met de meeste dingen waardoor mijn buurt een slechte naam krijgt bemoei ik me niet echt. De wapens en de drugs en zo: niet mijn ding.'' Ali heeft het druk genoeg, met school, boksen en thuis. Zijn beste vriend Noodles daarentegen komt altijd in de problemen. En op een of andere manier is Ali altijd degene die hem er weer uit moet halen. Maar hé, als vriend moet je er zijn voor je boys, toch? Trouwens, het zijn maar kleine dingen, het is niet alsof er iemand gewond raakt of zo. En dan is er Needles, Noodles'' broer. Hij heeft allerlei tics en roept soms ineens de raarste dingen. Maar het is oké, iedereen in de straat weet dat hij er niets mee bedoelt. Alles is cool... totdat Ali, Noodles en Needles ergens terechtkomen waar ze nooit hadden moeten zijn. Waar de mensen niet zo vriendelijk zijn, en al helemaal niet vergevingsgezind.

A National Book Award Finalist Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book UK Carnegie Medal winner 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.

A young adult anthology featuring fictional stories of everyday resistance. You might be the kind of person who stands up to online trolls.Or who marches to protest injustice.Perhaps you are #DisabledAndCute and dancing around your living room, alive and proud.Or perhaps you are the trans mentor that you wish you had when you were younger.Maybe you call out false allies, or stand up to loved ones. Maybe you speak your truth and drop the mic, or maybe you take it with you when you leave.This anthology features fictional stories--in poems, prose, and art--that reflect a slice of the varied and limitless ways that readers like you resist every day. Take the Mic''s powerful collection of stories features work by literary luminaries and emerging talent alike, including Newbery-winner Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestseller Samira Ahmed, anthologist and contributor Bethany C. Morrow, Darcie Little Badger, Keah Brown, Laura Silverman, L.D. Lewis, Sofia Quintero, Ray Stoeve, Yamile Mendez, and Connie Sun, with cover and interior art by Richie Pope.

Samen met Brendan Kiely schreef Jason Reynolds ''Echte Amerikaanse jongens''. Jason schreef de stukken van Rashad, Brendan die van Quinn. Op vrijdagavond loopt Rashad nog even snel de supermarkt in. Hij eindigt buiten op de stoep terwijl een politie-agent op hem inslaat. Omdat hij iets liet vallen. Omdat een vrouw over hem struikelde. Omdat hij een zwarte jongen in wijde kleren is. Rashad belandt in het ziekenhuis en wil eigenlijk zo snel mogelijk terug naar zijn oude leven. Maar wat doe jij wordt gebruikt als nationaal voorbeeld van raciale ongelijkheid? Quinn ziet alles gebeuren. Hij ziet de oudere broer van zijn beste vriend een klasgenoot in elkaar slaan. Hij vertelt niets – hij weet niet eens of hij het wel goed heeft gezien. Maar dan splijt de school (en het land) in tweeën en gaat de discussie niet meer alleen over Rashad maar over politiegeweld en racisme. Quinn realiseert zich dat hij moet begrijpen wat er is gebeurd, want omstander of niet, hij is een onderdeel van de geschiedenis. En het is aan hem om te bepalen welke kant van de geschiedenis dat is. Rashad en Quinn, de een zwart de ander wit, allebei echte Amerikaanse jongens, worden beiden geconfronteerd met racisme en vooroordelen. Om de wereld te kunnen veranderen, moeten ze allebei hun toekomst op het spel zetten. Hoe ver willen ze gaan voor gerechtigheid?

SOIXANTE SECONDES. SEPT ÉTAGES. TROIS LOIS Quand quelqu''un est tué dans le quartier de Will, il faut respecter les trois Lois : 1) Ne pas pleurer. 2) Ne pas balancer. 3) Se venger. Et Shawn, le frère de Will, vient d''être assassiné. LE PHÉNOMÈNE LITTÉRAIRE AUX 28 PRIX ENFIN TRADUIT! BEST-SELLER DU NEW YORK TIMES

Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds. Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team—a team that could take them to the state championships. They all have a lot to lose, but they all have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. Sunny is the main character in this novel, the third of four books in Jason Reynold’s electrifying middle grade series. Sunny is just that—sunny. Always ready with a goofy smile and something nice to say, Sunny is the chillest dude on the Defenders team. But his life hasn’t always been sun beamy-bright. You see, Sunny is a murderer. Or at least he thinks of himself that way. His mother died giving birth to him, and based on how Sunny’s dad treats him—ignoring him, making Sunny call him Darryl, never “Dad”—it’s no wonder Sunny thinks he’s to blame. It seems the only thing Sunny can do right in his dad’s eyes is win first place ribbons running the mile, just like his mom did. But Sunny doesn’t like running, never has. So he stops. Right in the middle of a race. With his relationship with his dad now worse than ever, the last thing Sunny wants to do is leave the other newbies—his only friends—behind. But you can’t be on a track team and not run. So Coach asks Sunny what he wants to do. Sunny’s answer? Dance. Yes, dance. But you also can’t be on a track team and dance. Then, in a stroke of genius only Jason Reynolds can conceive, Sunny discovers a track event that encompasses the hard beats of hip-hop, the precision of ballet, and the showmanship of dance as a whole: the discus throw. But as he practices for this new event, can he let go of everything that’s been eating him up inside?

★ "This amazing outpouring of strength and honesty offers inspirational personal accounts for every reader who wonders what to do when everything seems impossible." --Booklist, starred review A 2019 Texas Topaz Reading List Selection A Junior Library Guild Selection Hope is a decision, but it is a hard one to recognize in the face of oppression, belittlement, alienation, and defeat. To help embolden hope, here is a powerhouse collection of essays and personal stories that speak directly to teens and all YA readers. Featuring Angie Thomas, Marie Lu, Nicola Yoon, David Levithan, Libba Bray, Jason Reynolds, Renée Ahdieh, and many more! "The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood."--Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. We all experience moments when we struggle to understand the state of the world, when we feel powerless and--in some cases--even hopeless. The teens of today are the caretakers of tomorrow, and yet it''s difficult for many to find joy or comfort in such a turbulent society. But in trying times, words are power. Some of today''s most influential young adult authors come together in this highly personal collection of essays and original stories that offer moments of light in the darkness, and show that hope is a decision we all can make. Like a modern day Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul or Don''t Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens, Hope Nation acknowledges the pain and offers words of encouragement. Authors include: Atia Abawi, Renee Ahdieh, Libba Bray, Howard Bryant, Ally Carter, Ally Condie, Christina Diaz Gonzales, Gayle Forman, Romina Garber, I. W. Gregario, Kate Hart, Bendan Kiely, David Levithan, Alex London, Marie Lu, Julie Murphy, Jason Reynolds, Aisha Saeed, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Jeff Zentner, and Nicola Yoon. Praise for Hope Nation: "A salve when days are bleak."--Kirkus Reviews "An important and inspiring read for thoughtful teens."--School Library Journal

Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today—Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it’s like to be young and Black in America. A selection of the Schomburg Center''s Black Liberation Reading List. Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson. Black is…three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black is…Nic Stone’s high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black is…two girls kissing in Justina Ireland’s story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more—because there are countless ways to be Black enough. Contributors: Justina Ireland Varian Johnson Rita Williams-Garcia Dhonielle Clayton Kekla Magoon Leah Henderson Tochi Onyebuchi Jason Reynolds Nic Stone Liara Tamani Renée Watson Tracey Baptiste Coe Booth Brandy Colbert Jay Coles Ibi Zoboi Lamar Giles

"Lu knows he can lead Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and the team to victory at the championships, but it might not be as easy as it seems. Suddenly, there are hurdles in Lu''s way--literally and not-so-literally--and Lu needs to figure out, fast, what winning the gold really means"-- Provided by publisher.

“A lyrical masterpiece.” —School Library Journal (starred review) Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds’s rallying cry to the young dreamers of the world. For Every One is exactly that: for every one. For every one person. For every one who has a dream. But especially for every kid. The kids who dream of being better than they are. Kids who dream of doing more than they almost dare to imagine. Kids who are like Jason Reynolds, a self-professed dreamer. Jason does not claim to know how to make dreams come true; he has, in fact, been fighting on the front line of his own battle to make his own dreams a reality. He expected to make it when he was sixteen. Then eighteen. Then twenty-five. Now, some of those expectations have been realized. But others, the most important ones, lay ahead, and a lot of them involve kids, how to inspire them: All the kids who are scared to dream, or don’t know how to dream, or don’t dare to dream because they’ve NEVER seen a dream come true. Jason wants kids to know that dreams take time. They involve countless struggles. But no matter how many times a dreamer gets beat down, the drive and the passion and the hope never fully extinguishes—because simply having the dream is the start you need, or you won’t get anywhere anyway, and that is when you have to take a leap of faith. A pitch-perfect graduation, baby, or inspirational gift for anyone who needs to me reminded of their own abilities—to dream.

As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn''s fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.

"A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--

Correr é algo que Fantasma sempre soube fazer, mas nunca levou muito a sério. Afinal, seu maior sonho era ser jogador de basquete e, quem sabe, entrar para o livro dos recordes. Até que, certo dia, ele disputa uma corrida contra um dos melhores atletas de uma equipe que está treinando na pista de atletismo do parque. E vence. O técnico percebe que aquele garoto tem talento de sobra e quer que o menino entre para sua equipe de qualquer jeito. O problema é que Fantasma também tem muita raiva e um passado que tenta desesperadamente deixar para trás. Um passado que exerce sobre ele uma força destrutiva que pode impedi-lo de dominar seu dom e achar seu verdadeiro lugar no mundo. Finalista do National Book Award de 2016 na categoria de literatura jovem, Fantasma é o primeiro volume de uma série sobre um grupo de corredores com vidas e personalidades muito diferentes que encontram no esporte sua grande chance de vencer, mas que antes precisarão provar muita coisa não só aos outros, como também a si mesmos.

"Everyone gets mad at hustlers, especially if you''re on the victim side of the hustle. And Miles knew hustling was in his veins." Miles Morales is just your average teenager. Dinner every Sunday with his parents, chilling out playing old-school video games with his best friend, Ganke, crushing on brainy, beautiful poet Alicia. He''s even got a scholarship spot at the prestigious Brooklyn Visions Academy. Oh yeah, and he''s Spider Man. But lately, Miles''s spidey-sense has been on the fritz. When a misunderstanding leads to his suspension from school, Miles begins to question his abilities. After all, his dad and uncle were Brooklyn jack-boys with criminal records. Maybe kids like Miles aren''t meant to be superheroes. Maybe Miles should take his dad''s advice and focus on saving himself. As Miles tries to get his school life back on track, he can''t shake the vivid nightmares that continue to haunt him. Nor can he avoid the relentless buzz of his spidey-sense every day in history class, amidst his teacher''s lectures on the historical "benefits" of slavery and the importance of the modern-day prison system. But after his scholarship is threatened, Miles uncovers a chilling plot, one that puts his friends, his neighborhood, and himself at risk. It''s time for Miles to suit up.

When 11-year-old Genie and his brother travel to the Virginia countryside to spend a summer with their grandparents, he''s surprised to discover their grandfather is blind. Even more surprising: Genie''s grandfather believes that to be a man, you need

Aspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school''s track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.