Content: PG
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
A boy and his family during the 2020 pandemic lockdown. The father is sick in bed; coughs. Mom is always watching the news, which is about racial unrest and seems to be fixed to that, rather than the family. His brother plays video games while his sister is on her phone. More a slice of life than a story, Reynolds and Griffin follow the young boy and his worries -so many worries, no real answers, just like real life.
Fans of Jason Reynolds may pick this up, but it's not like his other books. Certainly a timely book as most of the readers today will have life experience to connect. A quick read as text is limited, but there is so much in Jason Reynold's sparse text and Jason Griffin's illustrations that the book may be a different experience for each new reader. The illustrations are collage and just about every kind of rendering including gaffers and scotch tape, spray paint, and ball point pen, on moleskin notebook. I will certainly be showing my art teacher.
Lisa Librarian
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