"Waiting On Wednesday" is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine,
that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This Week's Pick:
Title: The Boy in the Black Suit
Author: Jason Reynolds
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, imprint of Simon and Schuster
Genre: Young Adult Fiction – Contemporary
Summary via Goodreads:
Just when seventeen-year-old Matt thinks he can’t handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who’s dealt with a lot more—and who just might be able to clue him in on how to rise up when life keeps knocking him down—in this wry, gritty novel from the author of When I Was the Greatest.
Matt wears a black suit every day. No, not because his mom died—although she did, and it sucks. But he wears the suit for his gig at the local funeral home, which pays way better than the Cluck Bucket, and he needs the income since his dad can’t handle the bills (or anything, really) on his own. So while Dad’s snagging bottles of whiskey, Matt’s snagging fifteen bucks an hour. Not bad. But everything else? Not good. Then Matt meets Lovey. She’s got a crazy name, and she’s been through more crazy than he can imagine. Yet Lovey never cries. She’s tough. Really tough. Tough in the way Matt wishes he could be. Which is maybe why he’s drawn to her, and definitely why he can’t seem to shake her. Because there’s nothing more hopeful than finding a person who understands your loneliness—and who can maybe even help take it away.
Why I'm Waiting...
I really like Reynold's When I Was The Greatest and look forward to another NYC based read. There are few black men writing YA about young black men and Reynolds is pretty good at it. Also, I work at an HBCU with a number of black young men who could use literature that speaks to them, knows them.
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