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Contributor(s): Reynolds, Jason (Author)

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ISBN: 1481415905     ISBN-13: 9781481415903
Publisher: Atheneum Books
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational
- Juvenile Fiction | Disabilities & Special Needs
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2016007909
Age Level: 9-12
Grade Level: 4-7
Lexile Measure: 750(Not Available)
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.8" W x 8.5" L (1.10 lbs) 432 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Self-Esteem
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Geographic Orientation - Virginia
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Awards: Schneider Family Book Award, Winner, Middle School, 2017
Coretta Scott King Award, Honor Book, Author, 2017
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2016
BookPage 05/01/2016
Publishers Weekly 05/09/2016
Shelf Awareness 05/17/2016
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2016
School Library Journal 06/01/2016
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2016 pg. 143
School Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 34
Shelf Awareness 12/13/2016
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 pg. 103 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 183268
Reading Level: 4.8   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 11.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Kirkus Award Finalist

Schneider Family Book Award Winner

Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

In this "pitch-perfect contemporary novel" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award-winning author Jason Reynolds explores multigenerational ideas about family love and bravery in the story of two brothers, their blind grandfather, and a dangerous rite of passage.

Genie's summer is full of surprises. The first is that he and his big brother, Ernie, are leaving Brooklyn for the very first time to spend the summer with their grandparents all the way in Virginia--in the COUNTRY The second surprise comes when Genie figures out that their grandfather is blind. Thunderstruck and--being a curious kid--Genie peppers Grandpop with questions about how he covers it so well (besides wearing way cool Ray-Bans).

How does he match his clothes? Know where to walk? Cook with a gas stove? Pour a glass of sweet tea without spilling it? Genie thinks Grandpop must be the bravest guy he's ever known, but he starts to notice that his grandfather never leaves the house--as in NEVER. And when he finds the secret room that Grandpop is always disappearing into--a room so full of songbirds and plants that it's almost as if it's been pulled inside-out--he begins to wonder if his grandfather is really so brave after all.

Then Ernie lets him down in the bravery department. It's his fourteenth birthday, and, Grandpop says to become a man, you have to learn how to shoot a gun. Genie thinks that is AWESOME until he realizes Ernie has no interest in learning how to shoot. None. Nada. Dumbfounded by Ernie's reluctance, Genie is left to wonder--is bravery and becoming a man only about proving something, or is it just as important to own up to what you won't do?


Contributor Bio(s): Reynolds, Jason: - Jason Reynolds is a New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, National Book Award Honoree, a Kirkus Award winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors. The American Booksellers Association's 2017 and 2018 spokesperson for Indies First, his many books include When I Was the Greatest, Boy in the Black Suit, All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely), As Brave as You, For Every One, the Track series (Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and Lu), and Long Way Down, which received both a Newbery Honor and a Printz Honor. He lives in Washington, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.
 
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