Narrated by: Heather Alicia Simms, Chris Chalk, Bahni Turpin, Kevin R. Free, JD Jackson, Guy Lockard, January LaVoy, Jason Reynolds, Adenrele Ojo, David SadzinE-Audio, 03:58:41Release Date: October 8, 2019Published by: Atheneum
Read from: November 22-24, 2019Stand-aloneSource: LibraryTW:For fans of: Contemporary, YA, Realistic Fiction, Tough Stuff
From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a novel told in ten blocks, showing all they different directions a walk 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.
*MY THOUGHTS*
Whenever I see Jason Reynolds wrote something, I always add it to my TBR. There's no way I would miss it. And so, as soon as this one was available through my library, I went for it. And I loved it!
In the neighborhood, so many things are going on. From skateboarding, to ice cream, to finding comfort, these are the things that these teens run into on their way home. And it all started with a "bus falling from the sky."
I LOVED the way this story was told! It's the same story of the neighborhood, but there's so many different stories. And they all revole around the same thing.... A bus falling from the sky. It was a bit like having several companion novels at once. Reynolds is a master storyteller.
I also liked the stories themselvs. They were all so amazing. Some of them even left me in tears. It just goes to show you, no matter how close they are, you may never really know what somone is going through.
Lastly, there's the narrators. A lot of them were some of my favorites. This worked out well because with so many POV's and street changes, things would get difficult to try and decipher everyone. And also, they all just did a damn good job of narraing.
This book wasn't long, but I did want to make it known that this book was really good. Definitely soemthing I would want to read again.
Overall, I give this
