Jason Reynolds on stories told for, and by, young readers

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The prolific and bestselling author of young people's literature uses his own childhood experiences to encourage kids to use their imagination to tell their stories, and engage in the complicated conversations they may evoke. CBSVillage

Reynolds evokes his own childhood experiences in his 17 books . "I'm thinking about young Jason, the kids in my neighborhood," he said."I think that they run the gamut. You have to remember these books are all over America, and all over the world.""Absolutely. My belief is that I get an opportunity to write them into the world. That they are matter, and that they do matter.

But today, Reynolds is a phenomenon in young adult literature. He's sold more than seven million books, including"Stuntboy" . Their latest project,"Ain't Burned All the Bright," is about a kid who's home at the height of the pandemic and the protests over the killing of George Floyd. Pauley said,"The narrator goes hunting for an oxygen mask. Family is in quarantine. And by the end realizes something important."

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