Keywords
book review, classroom reading, classroom literature, classroom discussion, discussion reading, Covid-19
Preview
Ain't Burned All the Bright captures the anxieties, fears, and tensions of 2020 clearly and vividly even though it consists of only three long sentences. Jason Reynolds tells the story of a Black boy and his family during the Covid-19 quarantine and pandemic. Through the prose of Reynolds and illustrations of Jason Griffin, the reader learns what the pandemic was like from the point of view of a typical teenager.
Recommended Citation
Billings, Rachel
(2023)
"Book Review: Ain't Burned All the Bright,"
The Utah English Journal: Vol. 51, Article 12.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/uej/vol51/iss1/12
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