Jason Reynolds is the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including When I Was the Greatest, Boy in the Black Suit, All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely), As Brave as You, For Every One, the Track series (Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and Lu), Long Way Down, and Look Both Ways. He is a National Book Award finalist; the recipient of a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and multiple Coretta Scott King Honors; and the winner of a Kirkus Prize, two Walter Dean Myers Awards, and an NAACP Image Award, among other honors. He lives in Washington, D.C and invites you to visit him online at JasonWritesBooks.com.Ibram X. Kendi is the New York Times bestselling author of Stamped from the Beginning, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, The Black Campus Movement, which won the W.E.B. Du Bois Book Prize, and How to be an Antiracist. He is a professor of history and international relations and the founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. One of America's leading antiracist voices and a frequent public speaker, Dr. Kendi is also a columnist at The Atlantic. He lives with his family in Washington, D.C. He invites you to visit him online at IbramXKendi.com.
Praise for Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You:
#1 New York Times bestseller
#1 IndieBound bestseller
USAToday bestseller
Wall Street Journal bestseller
2020 Kirkus Prize finalist
Best Teen Book of the Year, Kids' Book Choice Awards Winner
A TIME Magazine Ten Best Children's and YA Books of the Year
A Parents Magazine best book of the year
A Washington Post Best Children's Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly best book of the year
An SLJ best book of the year
A 2020 New York Public Library Best Teen Book
A 2020 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Teen Book "An
amazingly timely and stunningly accessible manifesto for young
people....At times funny, at times somber but always packed with
relevant information that is at once thoughtful and spot-on,
Stamped is the book I wish I had as a young person and am so
grateful my own children have now."--Jacqueline Woodson,
bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl
Dreaming
* "An epic feat... More than merely a young reader's adaptation of
Kendi's landmark work, Stamped does a remarkable job of tying
together disparate threads while briskly moving through its
historical narrative."--Bookpage, starred review
* "Eye-opening...this engaging overview offers readers lots to
think about and should spark important conversations about this
timely topic."--School Library Connection, starred review
* "Readers who want to truly understand how deeply embedded racism
is in the very fabric of the U.S., its history, and its systems
will come away educated and enlightened. Worthy of inclusion in
every home and in curricula and libraries everywhere. Impressive
and much needed."
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
* "Required reading for everyone, especially those invested in the
future of young people in America."--Booklist, starred review
* "Reynolds (Look Both Ways) lends his signature flair to remixing
Kendi's award-winning Stamped from the Beginning...Told
impressively economically, loaded with historical details that
connect clearly to current experiences, and bolstered with
suggested reading and listening selected specifically for young
readers, Kendi and Reynolds's volume is essential, meaningfully
accessible reading."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
* "Reynolds and Kendi eloquently challenge the common narrative
attached to U.S. history. This adaptation, like the 2016 adult
title, will undoubtedly leave a lasting impact. Highly recommended
for libraries serving middle and high school students."--School
Library Journal, starred review
"the must-read book of the moment...potent and provocative"----San
Francisco Chronicle
"If knowledge is power, this book will make you more powerful than
you've ever been before."--Ibi Zoboi, author of the National Book
Award finalist American Street
"Jason Reynolds has the amazing ability to make words jump off the
page. Told with passion, precision, and even humor, Stamped is a
true story-a living story-that everyone needs to know."--Steve
Sheinkin, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of
Bomb and Born to Fly
"Reading this compelling not-a-history book is like finding a field
guide to American racism, allowing you to quickly identify racist
ideas when you encounter them in the wild."
--Dashka Slater, author of The 57 Bus
"Reynolds's engaging, clear prose shines a light on difficult and
confusing subjects....This is no easy feat."--The New York Times
Book Review
"Sheer brilliance....An empowering, transformative read.
Bravo."--Jewell Parker Rhodes, New York Times bestselling author of
Ghost Boys
"Teens are often searching for their place in the world, in
Stamped, Reynolds gives context to where we are, how we got here,
and reminds young people-and all of us-that we have a choice to
make about who we want to be. This unapologetic telling of the
history of racism in our nation is refreshingly simple and deeply
profound. This is the history book I needed as a teen."
--Ren�e Watson, New York Timesbestselling and Newbery Honor-winning
author of Piecing Me Together
"The R-word: Racism. Some tuck tail and run from it. Others say
it's no longer a thing. But Dr. Kendi breaks it down, and Jason
Reynolds makes it easy to understand. Mark my words: This book will
change everything."--Nic Stone, bestselling author of Dear
Martin
"A must-read for everyone...eye-opening."--Seventeen Magazine
"Thorough and educational...fresh and conversational..."--TIME
Magazine
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