One of AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of 2019!
UK Carnegie Medal winner
A National Book Award Finalist
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
An NPR Favorite Book of 2019
A New York Times Best Children's Book of 2019
A Time Best Children's Book of 2019
A Today Show Best Kids' Book of 2019
A Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2019
A School Library Journal Best Middle Grade Book of 2019
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019
A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019
"As innovative as it is emotionally arresting." --Entertainment
Weekly
From National Book Award finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling
author Jason Reynolds comes a novel told in ten blocks, showing all the
different directions kids' walks home can take.
This story was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school
bus falling from the sky. But no one saw it happen. They were all too
busy--
Talking about boogers.
Stealing pocket change.
Skateboarding.
Wiping out.
Braving up.
Executing complicated handshakes.
Planning an escape.
Making jokes.
Lotioning up.
Finding comfort.
But mostly, too busy walking home.
Jason Reynolds conjures ten tales (one per block) about what happens
after the dismissal bell rings, and brilliantly weaves them into one
wickedly funny, piercingly poignant look at the detours we face on the
walk home, and in life.