…Young people – especially young men – it’s not that they h… - Jason Reynolds

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…Young people – especially young men – it’s not that they hate reading, it’s that they hate boredom. So my thing was: I need to write a story that is interesting, that is gripping, that can connect to them and their experiences, and write something that’s not very intimidating, because there’s so much white space.

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Jason Reynolds (born December 6, 1983) is an American author who writes young adult novels and poetry.

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Who else is there to write for, as far as I’m concerned. I’d rather go ahead and tap into these kids, who still are malleable, but who also have insight into things that we don’t know, with vision that we no longer have; who have imaginations that have already been zapped from us.

People are like, "Well it's not standard English." So what? Standard English is for standard people.

It's hard to be what you can't see.

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