Then the grandma of a girl he noticed at the chicken shop dies.Īs their story begins to unfold, it’s really like fate has brought them together. Strangely, going to other people’s funerals and honing in on the most grief struck relatives starts to make him feel a bit better. Only his friend Chris even half treats him normally and the whole world seems messed up, especially when his dad starts drinking.īut things start to change when Matt gets a job at his local funeral parlour run by family friend Mr Ray. He can’t even cook as that was "their" thing.
You can find his ramblings at Matt’s mum tragically dies from cancer, it feels like all the joy is sucked out of his life. Mine Too. (both cowritten with Jason Griffin) and Long Way Down, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. His many books include All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely) When I Was the Greatest The Boy in the Black Suit Stamped As Brave as You For Every One the Track series ( Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and Lu) Look Both Ways Stuntboy, in the Meantime Ain’t Burned All the Bright (recipient of the Caldecott Honor) and My Name Is Jason. He was also the 2020–2022 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a Kirkus Award winner, a UK Carnegie Medal winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, an Odyssey Award Winner and two-time honoree, the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors, and the Margaret A. Because there’s nothing more hopeful than finding a person who understands your loneliness-and who can maybe even help take it away. Which is maybe why he’s drawn to her, and definitely why he can’t seem to shake her. Tough in the way Matt wishes he could be. Crazy name, and she’s been through more crazy stuff than he can imagine. So while Dad’s snagging bottles of whiskey, Matt’s snagging fifteen bucks an hour. But he wears the suit for his gig at the local funeral home, which pays way better than the Cluck Bucket, and he needs the income since his dad can’t handle the bills (or anything, really) on his own. No, not because his mom died-although she did, and it sucks. Just when seventeen-year-old Matt thinks he can’t handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who’s dealt with a lot more-and who just might be able to clue him in on how to rise up when life keeps knocking him down-in this “vivid, satisfying, and ultimately upbeat tale of grief, redemption, and grace” ( Kirkus Reviews) from the Coretta Scott King – John Steptoe Award–winning author of When I Was the Greatest. A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
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