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His Name is my Name, too

My Name is Jason. Mine Too.: Our Story. Our Way by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin

June 29, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

You will like this work of art. Or not. There will not be an in between feeling when it comes to My Name is Jason. Mine Too.: Our Story. Our Way. Okay, maybe a little in between as you will probably like some of the poetry and some you will not. And some of the illustrations you will like the artwork of, but others you will be WTF? Or at least that was how it was with me. But for the overall package I have […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: Cultural &Ethnic & Regional, friendship, Jason Griffin, Jason Reynolds, Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin, Social Topics

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:336 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: Cultural &Ethnic & Regional, friendship, Jason Griffin, Jason Reynolds, Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin, Social Topics ·
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These two guys named Jason made this pretty cool book

Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds

April 25, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While I was reading Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds I was texting a friend about it. I said I was not sure if I liked Reynolds or not as each of the six books I read were different. The four book Track series I really consider one book as it is about four friends, even if each book is a little different in style. But I had also read For Every One which is what I call a poem essay. Then Ain’t […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: family, Jason Griffin, Jason Reynolds, parents, Prejudice & Racism, Social Themes, United States - African American & Black

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:171 · Genres: Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: family, Jason Griffin, Jason Reynolds, parents, Prejudice & Racism, Social Themes, United States - African American & Black ·
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