The New York Public Library, Kirkus Reviews, Shelf Awareness, the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature, The Washington Post, and School Library Journal named As Brave As You one of the best books of the year.īooklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth Although a tad lengthy, it is easy reading and will be appreciated by a broad audience.'

Writing for School Library Journal, Luann Toth called As Brave As You ' richly realized story about life and loss, courage and grace, and what it takes to be a man. In The Washington Post, Mary Quattlebaum said, 'Reynolds deftly blends humor and heart through lively dialogue and spot-on sibling dynamics.' Reception Īs Brave As You received starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, Shelf Awareness, and School Library Journal, a five-star review from Common Sense Media, and positive reviews from The Horn Book, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, and Publishers Weekly. The book won the Kirkus Prize (2016), as well as the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Youth/Teen (2017), and the Schneider Family Book Award (2017). The book describes two African-American brothers from Brooklyn who are sent to spend the summer with their grandfather in Virginia. Nada.2016 novel by Jason Reynolds As Brave As YouĪs Brave As You is a young adult novel by Jason Reynolds, published by Atheneum.

Genie thinks that is AWESOME until he realizes Ernie has no interest in learning how to shoot. It's his fourteenth birthday, and, Grandpop says to become a man, you have to learn how to shoot a gun. Then Ernie lets him down in the bravery department. 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. 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. Thunderstruck, Genie peppers Grandpop with questions about how he hides it so well (besides wearing way cool Ray-Bans). 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. 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.

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