Welcome back to our Book Club Previews! For September 2021, the club has selected All American Boys, a novel by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely.
Our meeting will be held virtually and in person (safety/weather permitting) on September 30th at 5 pm. Please contact us for further details regarding the meeting room at Wellsburg or the Zoom site.
Reynolds, who is black, and Kiely, who is white, met on a Simon & Schuster book tour in 2013. Around that time, they heard the news that George Zimmerman had been acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin. Reynolds and Kiely began to share their feelings and developed a friendship. After the a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, Reynolds and Kiely began writing a novel addressing police brutality and racial profiling, which led to All American Boys.
The book follows two characters, Rashad Butler and Quinn, as they navigate racism. Rashad is a 16-year-old who is assaulted by a white police officer in a convenience store. Quinn is a witness to the incident.
he book won the inaugural Walter Dean Myers Award from the We Need Diverse Books organization. All American Boys also won the a Coretta Scott King Award.
The book is available from our ebook catalouge on WV Reads! Click for to be taken to the title...
https://wvreads.overdrive.com/media/2232646
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