Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerally captures what it is to be Black.
And those who already do, you\'ll be nodding yep yep, that is exactly how it is..
And so for anyone who didn\'t really know what it means to not be able to breathe, REALLY breathe, for generation s, now you know.
And all of the symbolism attached to that word, especially NOW.
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.
Jason Reynolds and his best bud, Jason Griffin had a mind-meld.
Written by #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds.
Right Now.
In America.
Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerally captures what it is to be Black
