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What exactly are they?\" to, heartbreakingly,\"Why am I so stupid?\" Reynolds gives his readers uncommonlywell-developed, complex characters, especially the completely believable Genieand Grandpop, whose stubborn self-sufficiency belies his vulnerability andwhose flawed love both Genie and readers will cherish.This pitch-perfectcontemporary novel gently explores the past's repercussions on the present.(Fiction. 9-12)\u003cbr\u003e\"This pitch-perfect contemporary novel gently explores the past's repercussions on the present.\" - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003eReynolds first foray into middle-grade fiction follows the path of other stellar writers like Christopher Paul Curtis and Rita Williams-Garcia, who have brought their young protagonists home to meet the family. Our narrator is 11-year-old Genie, a worrier from Brooklyn who’s headed, along with his older brother Ernie, to his grandparents’ home in backwoods Virginia. There’s culture shock aplenty (no internet, no TV), plus the more visceral earthquake of learning Grandpop is blind. And the aftershocks keep coming: Grandpop carries gun. Genie’s notebook of questions—a wonderful literary technique—opens wide this thoroughly realistic narrator’s world of concerns and brings readers closer to him. The story’s richness comes in part from its evocative descriptions of place, with every sense invited to the party. Readers don’t just see the dog poop that covers the yard, they feel the weight of it as the brothers shovel it into the woods and can smell it all over the boys. But it is the intricate lacing of relationships that makes this so remarkable. There are second, even third-generations problems being worked out between fathers and sons. A Jim Crow history has had a hand in shaping the issues, but there are also personal trials, hurt, and despair that hinder resolution. Yet through his inquisitive young protagonist, Reynolds movingly shows that while sometimes love hides, it still abides.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Reynolds comes off the one-two punch of the award-winners \u003ci\u003eThe Boy in the Black Suit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAll American Boys\u003c\/i\u003e as a newly branded kidlit superstar.\u003cbr\u003eReynolds (\u003ci\u003eAll American Boys\u003c\/i\u003e) aims for a younger audiencewith the story of Genie and Ernie, two Brooklyn boys spending a month withtheir grandparents in North Hill, Va., while their parents try to mend a frayedmarriage. Eleven-year-old Genie is most concerned about the lack of Internetaccess: how will he look up answers to the questions that constantly come tohim? Ernie, nearly 14, is happy enough when he meets Tess, a neighbor who givesthem the lowdown on North Hill, but neither brother has any idea that theirstay will involve picking peas in the hot sun and, for Genie, keepingsecrets—both his and those of his blind grandfather. Genie's efforts to fix hismistakes (including accidentally killing one of his grandfather's belovedbirds), his realization that the Web doesn't have all the answers, andGrandpop's struggle with guilt and forgiveness after he pushes Ernie toparticipate in a dangerous family tradition create a multifaceted story thatskillfully blends light and dark elements while showing children and adultsinteracting believably and imperfectly. Ages 10–up\u003cbr\u003eIn his terrific middle-grade debut, Jason Reynolds (\u003ci\u003eWhenI Was the Greatest;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoy in the Black Suit\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAll American Boys\u003c\/i\u003ewith Brendan Kiely) tells the engaging story of two African American brotherswho spend a month with their grandparents while their parents work on theirstruggling marriage. This worries 11-year-old Genie Harris. Most things do.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It doesn't take long for Genie to see how different \"the little house allalone on the top of a hill\" is from Brooklyn: \"No brownstones withthe cement stoops where you could watch the buses, ice cream trucks, and taxisride by. Nope. North Hill, Virginia, was country. Like \u003ci\u003ecountry\u003c\/i\u003ecountry.\" There's new food, too, like grits, or, as Genie thinks,\"movie prison food.\" And when Genie tells Grandpop wearing sunglassesinside \"makes you look crazy,\" he learns that his grandfather isblind. This discovery worries him, too, especially when he sees a gun in hisGrandpop's back pocket. Genie has hundreds of questions, all of which he writesdown in a numbered list for future Google searches.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Unfolding family secrets and upsetting mishaps, major and minor, keep the pagesflying, and how obsessive Genie and his \"cool, confident,\" muscledand girl-crazy older brother, Ernie, settle in with their grandparents makesfor a poignant, profound, often very funny story, told in an easy style assmooth as Grandma's banana pudding. New revelations abound: their uncle's deathin Desert Storm, masked fears, pea-picking, loud thunder, people who eatsquirrels, the ins and outs of Grandpop's mysterious six-shooter, sweet tea andmore. \u003ci\u003eAs Brave As You\u003c\/i\u003e spills over with humor and heart.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDiscover:\u003c\/b\u003e Past and present collide in Jason Reynolds's middle-gradedebut about two African American brothers from Brooklyn visiting theirgrandparents in the country.\u003cbr\u003eReynolds (The Boy in the Black Suit, rev. 3\/15; with Brendan Kiely, All American Boys, rev. 11\/15) delivers an emotionally resonant middle-grade story of an African American family working to overcome its tumultuous past in hopes of a better future. Not-quite-teenager Genie Harris has a notebook full of questions, ranging from the superficial (“Why are swallows called swallows? did people used to eat them?”) to the introspective (“Why am I so stupid?”). But there is no question as to why he and his older brother Ernie find themselves far from their Brooklyn home with their Grandma and Grandpop in rural Virginia: their parents are “maybe\/possibly\/probably divorcing” and are “figuring it out” in Jamaica. Warmly told in the third person, the novel follows Genie through a series of tragicomic blunders (breaking a family heirloom; the inadvertent poisoning of Grandpop’s pet bird); minor triumphs (finding a neighbor with internet access!); and many heartfelt discussions with Grandpop, who is blind and fiercely independent, that often lead to startling familial revelations (his great-grandfather’s suicide; his uncle Wood’s untimely death during Desert Storm). Long-standing feelings of guilt, anger, and resentment reach a boiling point—and history appears to repeat itself—when Grandpop forces Ernie to shoot a gun, with misfortunate results. Genie musters up enough courage to ask his grandfather if he will ever let go of his tragic history; Grandpop’s response of “maybe” feels like a victory. A novel in the tradition of Curtis’s The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 (rev. 3\/96), with deft dialogue, Northern\/Southern roots, and affecting depth.\u003cbr\u003eWhile their parents figure out the future of their marriage, Brooklynite brothers Genie and Ernie will be spending the summer with their paternal grandparents in Virginia. There’s some bad blood between Dad and Grandpop, which has kept them apart for years, but Genie and Ernie don’t see the problem—Grandpop seems pretty great. In fact, older bro Ernie, who wears sunglasses for cool affect, is pleased to see Grandpop sports the same gear, and younger bro Genie is surprised to find that Grandpop, alone among the adults he knows, is actually willing to answer Genie’s endless questions. It turns out Grandpop isn’t being cool; glaucoma is close to totally claiming his vision. He’s mostly confined to home, but now his newly established rapport with Genie gives him incentive to tackle the outdoors. Unfortunately, false confidence outstrips ability and good sense as Grandpop insists on carrying out a coming-of-age tradition—teaching Ernie how to shoot—with disastrous results. There’s much here to remind readers of Curtis’s \u003ci\u003eThe Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 \u003c\/i\u003e(BCCB 1\/96) with the city kids’ humorous adjustment to rural life, underpinned with a serious subplot that steadily rises in importance. Ernie and Genie actually get along well, and although Ernie is certainly striding into his teens in a way that baffles Genie, he’s a levelheaded kid whose summer romance with a neighbor is solid and sweet. Genie’s blundering helpfulness leads to a string of adventures and provides plenty of entertainment, and the mending of rifts in this African-American family delivers the warm and proper ending the cast has richly earned. -EB\u003cbr\u003eReynolds’s engaging middle grade debut stars 11-year-old African American Genie Harris, an inveterate worrywart who considers Google his best friend, and his older brother Ernie, who is well on his way to being a cool dude (sunglasses and all). The born and bred Brooklynites are to spend a month with their grandparents in rural Virginia while their parents take a long overdue vacation and work out their marital problems. It is only after the boys are left in their grandfather’s care that they realize that he is blind. They are also surprised to learn that they are expected to do chores and follow their grandmother’s strict rules—and that it is possible to exist (sort of) without the Internet. While Ernie crushes on the girl who lives at the base of the hill, Genie writes down his many burning questions so he doesn’t forget them and gets to know his proud and fiercely independent grandfather. Genie barrages Grandpop with questions about his past and present abilities and about the quirky aspects of the household, especially his “nunya bidness” room, his harmonica playing, and how Grandpop might not be able to see but still packs a pistol. As the languid days unfold, the boys learn about country life and the devastating loss of the elder Harrises’ son during Desert Storm and their estrangement from their living son, the boys’ father. Grandpop Harris is a complicated, irascible character, full of contradictions and vulnerabilities, the least of which is his lack of vision. 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A powerful and resonant reading experience.” \u003cb\u003e—Kat Howard, Alex Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAn Unkindness of Magicians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With sharpened words aimed squarely at a cultural image that marginalizes disabled women, Elsa Sjunneson is an emerging icon. \u003ci\u003eBeing Seen\u003c\/i\u003e is her unkindest cut; sparing no one from the frank truth of her life as a Deafblind woman and filleting the intersections of identity with her trademark incisive logic and vulnerable memoir. This book will leave scars.”\u003cb\u003e—Meg Elison, author of \u003ci\u003eBig Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A riotous blend of memoir and cultural criticism that defies expectations on nearly every page. \u003ci\u003eBeing Seen \u003c\/i\u003epersuasively argues that it is not only the disabled body that must adapt to the world but also the world that must adapt around the disabled body.” \u003cb\u003e—M. 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Most important, it is a challenge: an unflinching demand for representation, accessibility, and justice.”\u003cb\u003e—Katie Booth, Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Engaging, unflinching, and at times intentionally uncomfortable,\u003ci\u003e Being Seen \u003c\/i\u003eis a call to action cleverly disguised as a book.”\u003cb\u003e—Marieke Nijkamp, bestselling author and editor of \u003ci\u003eUnbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elsa Sjunneson's tremendous\u003ci\u003e Being Seen\u003c\/i\u003e is a must read. I delighted in the footnotes, the shifts from public disability mythologies to what IS, and on both public \u0026amp; personal levels, the reality. So glad this exists.\" \u003cb\u003e—Fran Wilde, double-Nebula award winning author of \u003ci\u003eUpdraft\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRiverland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sjunneson is a brilliant mixture of scholar, activist, and essayist, who weaves her powerful experiences together with deep analysis of culture and media; a read as engrossing as it is chilling.” \u003cb\u003e—Ada Palmer, Historian and Award-winning Author of \u003ci\u003eToo Like the Lightning.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A combination of personal memoir and shrewd examination of the ways in which society and media shape our perceptions of disability. A much-needed wake-up call for the nondisabled world.” \u003cb\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An award-winning writer and a powerful activist, Sjunneson challenges conventional wisdom on everything from sex (yes, Deafblind people have it) to blindness (it doesn't usually cause complete darkness). As she writes, \"nondisabled people, buckle up.\" \"\u003cb\u003e—Karen Springen, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781982152376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"S\u0026S\/Simon Element","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40588320899278,"sku":"9781982152376","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_27ca7001-f836-4f73-8465-082bcee0fbb4.jpg?v=1645733518"},{"product_id":"9781451616668","title":"Better Off Without 'Em : A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBetter Off Without 'Em\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Chuck Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As if Kevin Phillips's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Theocracy\u003c\/i\u003e were being narrated by \u003ci\u003eRolling\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eStone\u003c\/i\u003e's Matt Taibbi,\" Chuck Thompson's \"viciously funny and thoroughly tasteless\" examination of Southern secession was one of the most controversial books of the year (\u003ci\u003eWashington Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChuck Thompson—dubbed “savagely funny” by the New York Times and “wickedly entertaining” by the San Francisco Chronicle—spent two years traveling the American South to determine whether, as he’d long suspected but not yet proven, the whole country might be better off letting Dixieland make good on its two-hundred-years-old threat to secede.\u003c\/b\u003e The result is a long overdue and serious inquiry into national divides that is deliberately provocative and uproariously funny while making a compelling case for “a kind of no-fault divorce for nation-states: no hard feelings, just two adults who can’t quite make the relationship work, shaking hands and walking away” (The Oxford American).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Hilarious, dirty, and incendiary, [\u003ci\u003eBetter Off Without ‘Em\u003c\/i\u003e] is a book that will prompt guffaws in some, an urge to shoot it through the spine in others, and everyone to agree that it will only stoke the election-year bonfire.”\u003cbr\u003e“(Thompson) is serious about his argument and has more than enough ammunition.”\u003cbr\u003e“For critics who lament the homogenization of the United States, Thompson offers several memorable scenes with distinct regional flavor. . . . Underneath all the macho bombast, there are some serious ideas at play. In a chapter on the condition of education in the South, Thompson writes passionately and persuasively about the disastrous long-term effects that de facto segregation and systematic underfunding of public schools will have on the US economy.”\u003cbr\u003e“[Thompson] is awesomely talented and wickedly funny.”\u003cbr\u003e“Funny in the mode of P.J. O’Rourke and Joe Queenan.”\u003cbr\u003e“[Thompson’s] solution is a kind of no-fault divorce for nation-states: no hard feelings, just two adults who can’t quite make the relationship work, shaking hands and walking away.”\u003cbr\u003e“Reading and hearing about the hue and cry from thousands for secession since the election, with Texas leading the pack, I highly recommend the book \u003ci\u003eBetter Off Without 'Em: A Northern Manifesto For Southern Secession\u003c\/i\u003e by Chuck Thompson. He presents an intriguing and plausible plan, with a touch of humor, that just may be the only way out of the political poison that has spread across this country and endangers the future for all of us. Plus it's a darn good history lesson.”\u003cbr\u003e“As if Kevin Phillips’s \u003ci\u003eAmerican Theocracy\u003c\/i\u003e were being narrated by \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e’s Matt Taibbi . . . Viciously funny and thoroughly tasteless, it’s an easy and cathartic read for anyone fed up with the Confederate influence on the national discourse. But like Taibbi or Bill Maher, Thompson isn’t aiming just to entertain; he wants readers to take his underlying argument seriously.”\u003cbr\u003e“Portland nonfiction author Chuck Thompson’s \u003ci\u003eBetter Off Without ’Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession\u003c\/i\u003e gets the election season’s regional angst off to a tartly observed start.”\u003cbr\u003e“Hilariously over-the-top . . . Thompson's mix of vitriol, bewilderment, humor, and research holds the seemingly disparate elements together and makes for an entertaining, if absurdly hyperbolic, read. . . . Thought-provoking.”\u003cbr\u003e“Often thoughtful, always irreverent . . . a raucous road trip through the South with a funny, informed, sardonic and opinionated Yankee.”\u003cbr\u003e“A convincing case that the American South is essentially a separate country that negatively affects the rest of the United States. . . . Everyone jokes about secession, and some politicians\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003elike Texas Gov. Rick Perry\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ehave even threatened it. 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