Friday Memes: Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

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Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds. 194 p. A Caitlyn Dlouhey Book/ Atheneum Books for Young Readers/ Simon & Schuster, October 8, 2019. 9781481438285.

Publisher synopsis: Jason Reynolds conjures ten tales (one per block) about what happens after the dismissal bell rings, and brilliantly weaves them into one wickedly funny, piercingly poignant look at the detours we face on the walk home, and in life.

First Line(s): 
THIS STORY was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school bus falling from the sky.
     But no one saw it happen. No one heard anything. So instead, this story will begin like all the...good ones.
     With boogers.

Page 56: Had Stevie known that's what it would take to be one of Marcus's boys, he wouldn't have come yesterday. Or maybe he would have, but he would've said something. Would've stopped Marcus. Why didn't he say anything? Why didn't he stop it?

I absolutely adore Jason Reynold, the generous young man and the phenomenal writer that he is.