| Management number | 251831298 | Release Date | 2026/09/26 | List Price | US$9.79 | Model Number | 251831298 | ||
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<b>A Caldecott Honor winner!</b> <p><b>Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerally captures what it is to be Black. In America. Right Now. Written by #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds.</b> </p><p>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. </p><p> And so for anyone who didn't really know what it means to not be able to breathe, <i>REALLY </i>breathe, <i> for generation</i><i>s</i>, now you know. And those who already do, you'll be nodding yep yep, that is <i>exactly</i> how it is.</p>
| Book format | Hardcover |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | Kids & Family |
| Publication date | January, 2022 |
| Pages | 332 |
| Reading level | Grade 7 |
| Age range | 12 - 17 Years |
| Subgenre | African American & Black |
| Series title | No Series |
| Number in series | 0 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Bound to Stay Bound Books |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Awards won | Caldecott Honor |
| Is collectible | N |
| Illustrator | Griffin |
| Binding type | Case Binding |
| Recording time | 0 min |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 5.30 x 1.20 x 8.10 in |
| Assembled product weight | 1.95 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Young Adult Fiction |
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