An Evening with

Jason Reynolds

October 14th,

Jesuit High School,

7 PM

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Dinner and Author Lecture

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OASL is proud to present "An Evening with Jason Reynolds" on Saturday, October 14th at 7pm at the Jesuit High School Marilyn Moyer Theatre. Scroll for ticket information.

Jason Reynolds is crazy. About stories. He is the author of critically acclaimed When I Was the Greatest, for which he was the recipient of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent; the Coretta Scott King Honor books The Boy in the Black Suit and All American Boys (co-written with Brendan Kiely, also the winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award); As Brave As You, his stunning middle grade debut that was a Time Book of the Year and winner of the Kirkus Award; and Ghost, the first book in his middle grade Track series, which was also a National Book Award finalist. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.

Jason graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.A. in English, then packed his bags and moved to Brooklyn because somebody told him they were giving away dream-come-true vouchers.

Here's what Jason says he knows: I know there are a lot — A LOT — of young people who hate reading. I know that many of these book haters are boys. I know that many of these book-hating boys, don't actually hate books, they hate boredom. If you are reading this, and you happen to be one of these boys...know that I feel you. I REALLY do. Because even though I'm a writer, I hate reading boring books too.

Here's what I plan to do: NOT WRITE BORING BOOKS.