excerpt from "Long Way Down," by Jason Reynolds, published by Simon and Schuster.

Where we talk about:

the work of Jason Reynolds;  Long Way Down;  Ghost;  All American Boys;  Brendan Kiely;  Ain't Burned All the Bright;  Jason Griffin; Stuntboy, in the Meantime;  Raul the Third. His picture books are the "Vamos!" series: "Vamos! Let's Go to the Market," "Vamos! Let's Go Eat!" and "Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge."

Tired as F*ck by Caroline Dooner;  Breathing Fire by Jaime Lowe; 

and more!