Re-release of Jason Reynolds Highlight with LONG WAY DOWN, GHOST, and WHEN I WAS THE GREATEST

In this bonus episode, we wanted to share a re-release of an episode highlighting three novels by Jason Reynolds, one of our favorite Black authors for young people and for the classroom. We tried to go very light on the spoilers in this episode, but a few minor spoilers were hard to avoid as we revealed what we loved about these books.   Timeline Introduction and Summary of the Book: 00:00 - 02:08 Long Way Down: 02:09-14:55 Ghost: 14:56-25:03 When I Was the Greatest: 25:04-41:03 Classroom Connections: 41:04-44:53   Mentioned in Episode David Greene's "In 'Long Way Down,' The Ghosts Of Gun Violence Chill A Plan For Revenge" Jason Reynolds's As Brave as You Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely's All American Boys Jason Reynolds's Track series Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give     Click here for a full transcript that you can read while listening, provided by otter.ai.   Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.     Want to support Unabridged? Check out our Merch Store! Become a patron on Patreon.​ Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram. Like and follow our Facebook Page. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Check out our Teachers Pay Teachers store. Follow us @unabridgedpod on Twitter. Subscribe to our podcast and rate us on Apple Podcasts or on Stitcher. Check us out on Podbean.