Middle Grade Madness! discussion

Our very first Book of the Month for 2020 will be Ghost by Jason Reynolds!

Have you ever read a Jason Reynolds book before? This is the first and only one I've ever read but it's so good it bodes well for the rest of them.

Just ordered my copy and added it to our read aloud list for January. Excited to read and discuss! My 9 year old is interested as well so that’s a plus!

this will be my first jason reynolds read so i'm looking forward to it!

@Jena I think you and you’re 9 year old will love it! What I love about this book is it explores some pretty complex ideas but still manages to stay comically enjoyable.

@Jessica it was my first Jason Reynolds book too! He’s a great author👏🏻

We are starting today- I plan to read a chapter or two aloud each morning. Happy New Year!!

👏🏻I’d love to hear what you both think of the first few chapters afterwards!

In case anyone missed this story about Jason Reynolds:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jason-re...

Wow that’s so cool! Thanks for sharing that Becca!
Jason Reynolds has a good point that if kids meet more authors they’d be more motivated to read. It’s true that the one time I meant an author and really had a full conversation with them about their book I was filled with more interest to read more of their books.

But also you’ve got to love CBS News covering a story about an author who’s books are published by Simon & Schuster, a division of ViacomCBS, a company which also happens to own, you guessed it, CBS News. I wouldn’t have known that if they hadn’t mentioned it in the article so it’s just funny why they felt the need to say they’re connected to the author’s publisher😂

Kadi wrote: "Wow that’s so cool! Thanks for sharing that Becca!
Jason Reynolds has a good point that if kids meet more authors they’d be more motivated to read. It’s true that the one time I meant an author and..."

Funny! I didn't notice that about the CBS article.

😂yeah I do tend to notice the funny small details