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All American Boys, published in 2016 by Atheneum, is a young adult novel written by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. [1] The book tells the story of two teenage boys, Rashad Butler and Quinn Collins, as they handle racism and police brutality in their community. [2]
As in Lerner's previous novels, the narrative contains autobiographical elements. Like the protagonist, Adam Gordon, Lerner grew up in Topeka and won a national debate championship in high school, and like Adam's mother Jane in the novel, Lerner's mother, Harriet Lerner, is a psychologist who has published best-selling books aimed at a non-academic audience. [4]
Han was inspired to write the book based on her own habit of writing love letters to boys she had crushes on as a teenager. [2] The novel was followed by two sequels, P.S. I Still Love You, released on May 26, 2015, [3] and Always and Forever, Lara Jean, released on May 2, 2017. [4] A film adaptation of the book was released on Netflix in 2018 ...
"Lost Boys makes an important contribution to the literature on the causes and prevention of youth violence." [2] The book has also received praise from Marian Wright Edelman, President and Founder, Children's Defense Fund: "Jim Garbarino sounds the alarm about the spread of youth violence—.
I tend to agree, remembering my time spent composing five-paragraph essays as soul-rending—forcing me to focus on sticking to a formula and a restrictive prompt rather than actually analyzing ...
Between the World and Me is a 2015 nonfiction book written by American author Ta-Nehisi Coates and published by Spiegel & Grau.It was written by Coates as a letter to his then-teenage son about his perception of what the feelings, symbolism, and realities associated with being Black in the United States are.
Genuinely, the first thing I thought after listening to Olivia Rodrigo's new album GUTS (after wiping away my tears) was, 'This album is *soooooo* perfectly teenage girl.' I think we can all agree ...
Two Boys Kissing is a 2013 young adult novel written by American author David Levithan. The book follows two 17-year-old boys who set out to break a Guinness World Record by kissing for 32 hours. The book includes a "Greek chorus" of the generation of gay men who died of AIDS.