Jason Reynolds
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Press
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Everyone gets mad at hustlers, especially if you're on the victim side of the hustle. And Miles knew hustling was in his veins." Miles Morales is just your average teenager. Dinner every Sunday with his parents, chilling out playing old-school video games with his best friend, Ganke, crushing on brainy, beautiful poet Alicia. He's even got a scholarship spot at the prestigious Brooklyn Visions Academy. Oh yeah, and he's Spider Man. But lately,
...Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Jason Reynolds conjures ten tales (one per block) about what happens after the dismissal bell rings, and weaves them into one funny, poignant look at the detours we face on the walk home, and in life.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a student at Brooklyn Visions Academy, Miles Morales knows he's lucky. Not all kids get this opportunity, especially not kids from his neighborhood. With his quirky best friend Ganke, this school year is gonna be a blast. Right? Wrong. Miles has a secret. He's actually Spider-Man. Well not THE Spider-Man but A Spider-Man. Pretty much the only Spider-Man in town now that Peter Parker is gone. Miles is doing his best to save every little old lady...
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Schneider Family Award Honor Book for Middle Grade
From Newbery Medal honoree and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed middle grade novel about the greatest young superhero you've never heard of, filled with illustrations by Raúl the Third!
Portico Reeves's superpower is making sure all the other superheroes—like his parents and two best friends—stay...
From Newbery Medal honoree and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed middle grade novel about the greatest young superhero you've never heard of, filled with illustrations by Raúl the Third!
Portico Reeves's superpower is making sure all the other superheroes—like his parents and two best friends—stay...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ali lives in Bed-Stuy, a Brooklyn neighborhood known for guns and drugs, but he and his sister, Jazz, and their neighbors, Needles and Noodles, stay out of trouble until they go to the wrong party, where one gets badly hurt and another leaves with a target on his back.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. Racist ideas are woven into the fabric of this country, and the first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's racist past and present. This book takes you on that journey, showing how racist ideas started and were spread, and how they can be discredited"--Dust jacket flap.
"A history of racist and antiracist...
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
From Newbery Medal honoree and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes the sequel to the hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed middle grade novel Stuntboy, in the Meantime about the greatest young superhero you've never heard of, jam-packed with illustrations by Raúl the Third!
Portico Reeves is the greatest superhero a lot of people have never heard of. He likes it that way—then no one can get...
Portico Reeves is the greatest superhero a lot of people have never heard of. He likes it that way—then no one can get...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
During Mile's in-school suspension, he finds himself in a fierce battle with a classmate turned insidious termite who is determined to destroy books and the Black and Brown history they contain, and only Miles can stop him.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"El concepto de raza siempre se ha utilizado para ganar y mantener el poder, para crear dinámicas que separan y silencian. Esta notable adaptación del libro Stamped from the Beginning, del Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, ganador del National Book Award, revela la historia de las ideas racistas en Estados Unidos y nos inspira a construir un futuro antirracista. A través de un recorrido histórico que va del pasado al presente, este libro nos muestra la raíz...
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Portico Reeves' secret identity as Stuntboy allows him to use his superpower keep everybody safe, but when his superhero parents start fighting a lot he feels the responsibility to save them.
16) Ghost
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.
18) Fantasma
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Correr. Eso es lo único que Fantasma --cuyo nombre real es Castle Cranshaw-- ha conocido toda su vida. Pero nunca para un equipo de atletismo. Nones, lo suyo siempre ha sido el básquet. Pero cuando Fantasma, en una fanfarronada, reta a un velocista de élite a una competencia --y la gana--, el medallista olíimpico que es entrenador del equipo ve que él tiene algo: un talento natural que es una lacura."--
"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and...
19) Patina
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--
20) For everyone
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds's rallying cry to the dreamers of the world. For Every One is just that: for every one. For every one person. For every one dream. But especially for every one kid. The kids who dream...