BOOKMAIL

Today’s book mail ain’t no junk mail.⠀
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Ordered this immediately after finishing Ghost. Because obviously. ⠀
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I remember listening to a talk Reynolds gave where one of the kids in the audience asked which of the books he had written was his favorite. Jason, like any other writer, couldn’t decide, of course, so he just asked the kid which was his favorite. “Patina!” came the immediate reply. And Reynolds beamed. “Y’all don’t know what a big deal that is,” literally patting himself on the back, “that a boy’s favorite book is Patina.” He didn’t elaborate, but he was referring to the fact that this was a book about a young woman, dealing with things that young men don’t necessarily — usually — go through. And it was this boy’s favorite. Which means that he saw a piece of himself reflected within the pages of this story.⠀
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And that is what a Jason Reynolds book does: it lets us see, and be seen. ⠀
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Excited to dig into this one soon.