Ain’t Burned All the Bright

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,REALLYbreathe,for generations, now you know. And those who already do, you’ll be nodding yep yep, that isexactlyhow it is.

Jason Reynolds is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a Kirkus Award winner, a Carnegie Medal winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors. He’s also the 2020-2022 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. His many books includeAll American Boys(cowritten with Brendan Kiely);When I Was the Greatest;The Boy in the Black Suit;Stamped;As Brave as You;For Every One; the Track series (Ghost,Patina,Sunny, andLu);Look Both Ways;Stuntboy, in the Meantime;Ain’t Burned All the Bright;My Name Is Jason. Mine Too.(with Jason Griffin); andLong Way Down, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. He lives in Washington, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.

Jason Griffin created the artwork forMy Name Is Jason. Mine Too,written by Jason Reynolds. He’s an artist and master collaborator, who has shown his art in major cities all over the world. His most recent projects include a commissioned mural for the children’s cancer wing at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, as well as a residency at the new contemporary art museum in Amsterdam, Het HEM. He currently creates in Queens, New York.

• Publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (January 11, 2022)
• Language: English
• Hardcover: 384 pages
• ISBN-10: 1534439463
• ISBN-13: 9781534439467
• Reading age: 12 years and up
• Grade level: 7 – 9
• Item Weight: 2.04 pounds
• Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.2 x 8.25 inches