Written by Taye Diggs; Illustrated by Shane W. Evans
Ain’t Burned All The Bright
By Jason Reynolds & Jason Griffin
These two books pack powerful punches and leave big impacts! They should be read by all school children!
“ And I’m sitting here wondering why my mother won’t change the channel
and why the news won’t change the story
and why the story won’t change into something new
Instead of the every-hour rerun
about how we won’t change the world…”
We ask, is this book supposed to offer us some hope? Is there a window at the end of this dark tunnel? Why should we also descend into this drowning negative space? In the third breath, part three of this book, Reynolds and Griffin bring us through to hope beautifully. Stick with them and we can feel like our teen, brother, son, “ the beginning of the beginning of a laugh…was like feeding me a teaspoon of we might should will can be all right okay…” We can grieve and catch our breath in this book. We can think and share and look, “and maybe seeing each other’s mess as a breath of fresh air…”