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The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. This remarkable reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning reveals the history of racist ideas in America, and inspires hope for an antiracist future. It takes you on a race journey from then to now, shows you why we feel how we feel, and why the poison of racism lingers. It also proves that while racist ideas have always been easy to fabricate and distribute, they can also be discredited.

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. They were all too busy - Jason Reynolds conjures 10 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. 

After Will's brother is shot in a gang crime, he knows the next steps. Don't cry. Don't snitch. Get revenge. So he gets in the lift with Shawn's gun, determined to follow The Rules. Only when the lift door opens, Buck walks in, Will's friend who died years ago. And Dani, who was shot years before that. As more people from his past arrive, Will has to ask himself if he really knows what he's doing. This haunting, lyrical, powerful verse novel will blow you away.

Running. That's all Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons -until he meets Coach, an ex-Olympic medallist who sees something in Ghost: crazy natural talent. If Ghost can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city. Can Ghost harness his raw talent for speed, or will his past finally catch up to him?

Just when 17-year-old Matt thinks he can't handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who’s dealt with a lot more - and who just might be able to clue him in on how to rise up when life keeps knocking him down - in this wry, gritty novel from the author of When I Was the Greatest. Matt wears a black suit every day. No, not because his mom died - although she did, and it sucks.

Jason Reynolds gelingt das Meisterwerk, Dr. Ibram X. Kendis preisgekröntes Sachbuch "Stamped from the Beginning" in eine leichte, für Jugendliche zugängliche Sprache zu übertragen, dabei aber nicht an Tiefe einzubüßen. Tyron Ricketts liest "Stamped", als würde ein Freund die Geschichte des Rassismus in Amerika erzählen.

Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team - a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. 

Sunny is just that - sunny. Always ready with a goofy smile and something nice to say, Sunny is the chillest dude on the Defenders team. But his life hasn't always been sun beamy-bright. You see, Sunny is a murderer. Or at least he thinks of himself that way. His mother died giving birth to him, and based on how Sunny's dad treats him - ignoring him, making Sunny call him Darryl, never 'Dad' - it's no wonder Sunny thinks he's to blame. It seems the only thing Sunny can do right in his dad's eyes is win first place ribbons running the mile, just like his mom did.

Lu was born to be cocaptain of the Defenders. Well, actually, he was born albino, but that's got nothing to do with being a track star. Lu has swagger, plus the talent to back it up, and with all that - not to mention the gold chains and diamond earrings - no one's gonna outshine him. Lu knows he can lead Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and the team to victory at the championships, but it might not be as easy as it seems. Suddenly, there are hurdles in Lu's way - literally and not-so-literally - and Lu needs to figure out, fast, what winning the gold really means.  

Zum Aussteigen gehört viel mehr Mut, als nur DIE REGELN zu befolgen. Manchmal braucht es nur eine Minute, um ein ganzes Leben umzukrempeln. Wills Bruder Shawn wurde erschossen. Und Will kennt Die Regeln: nicht weinen, niemanden verpfeifen, sich rächen. Und so wird er den töten müssen, der seinen Bruder getötet hat und er wird ihn mit Shawns Waffe erledigen. Er steigt in den Fahrstuhl, fest entschlossen, sich an DIE REGELN zu halten. Auf dem langen Weg abwärts hält der Lift auf jeder Etage. Und jede Person, die einsteigt, erzählt ihre Geschichte.

Die große Kraft des Sports Sunny findet Gewinnen und Rennen unfassbar langweilig. Er will tanzen! Er liebt Rhythmus, Klänge und Moves. Doch seine Mutter, die bei seiner Geburt starb, hatte einen Traum vom Marathonlaufen, und Sunnys Vater hat sich in den Kopf gesetzt, dass Sunny diesen nun erfüllen muss. Wenn er das Langstreckenlaufen wirklich aufgeben will, muss Sunny sich nicht nur gegen ihn durchsetzen, sondern sich auch Mannschaft und Freunden erklären.

Konkurrenz und Teamgeist Patina rennt wie ein Blitz. Sie rennt für ihre Ma, die im Rollstuhl sitzt, sie rennt für ihre kleine Schwester Maddy, und sie rennt, um endlich all die Verantwortung, die auf ihr lastet, abschütteln zu können. Beim Rennen ist Patty nur noch Rhythmus und Geschwindigkeit.

Roh und poetisch... Rennen, das kann Ghost, das muss man doch nicht lernen. Als er auf einem Sportplatz einen Sprinter herausfordert, der dort mit seinem Team trainiert, ändert sich sein Leben mit einem Schlag. Der Trainer erkennt sein Naturtalent und nimmt ihn ins Team. Allerdings ist Ghost nicht nur ein herausragender Läufer, er hat auch jede Menge Probleme am Hals.

In Bed Stuy, New York, a small misunderstanding can escalate into having a price on your head - even if you’re totally clean. This gritty, triumphant debut captures the heart and the hardship of life for an urban teen. A lot of the stuff that gives my neighborhood a bad name, I don’t really mess with. The guns and drugs and all that, not really my thing. Nah, not his thing. Ali’s got enough going on, between school and boxing and helping out at home. His best friend Noodles, though. Now there’s a dude looking for trouble - and, somehow, it’s always Ali around to pick up the pieces.

Im Team die Welt verbessern! Lu ist Albino und Vizekapitän seiner Lauf-Mannschaft. In jedem Fall ist er ein Gewinner und glänzt auf der Aschenbahn, durch Selbstbewusstsein, coole Sprüche und Talent, aber auch durch Schmuck und die neueste Kleidung. Lu glaubt fest, dass er Ghost, Sunny, Patina und dem Team zum Sieg in der Meisterschaft verhelfen kann. Aber so einfach ist es dann doch nicht. Plötzlich sind da Hindernisse auf Lus Bahn - und nicht nur wortwörtliche. Seine Familie fordert ihn ebenso wie die Mannschaft.

In zehn eindringlichen Geschichten erzählt Jugendbuch-Star Jason Reynolds von den Abenteuern und Herausforderungen, die der Weg von der Schule nach Hause zu bieten hat. Was passiert da, worum kreisen die Gespräche, was für Freuden und Ängste werden gewälzt? Voller Sympathie und Wärme wird von Freundschaft und Einsamkeit, von Schule und Lehrern, von Sorgen und Interessen junger Schüler erzählt - und von den Wundern, die sich auf dem Weg von der Schule nach Hause entfalten können, wenn man nur genau genug hinsieht.

This chapter-book edition of the number-one New York Times best seller by luminaries Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds is an essential introduction to the history of racism and antiracism in America.

A bag of chips. That's all 16-year-old Rashad is looking for. What he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashad's pleadings that he's stolen nothing for belligerence, mistakes Rashad's every flinch at every punch the cop throws as further resistance and refusal to stay still as ordered. But how can you stay still when someone is pounding your face into the pavement?

You are INVITED. To a most marvelous party. For a most marvelous man. A man who turned the alphabet into THUMP A BUMP. Who turned words into JAZZ into RIVERS into BUSTIN' A MOVE. All of his word-children will be there, uh-huh. Because it’s a party for LANGSTON. Langston Hughes. King o’ Letters. Renaissance Man. So don’t be shy. Come on in. To the Hoopla in Harlem. EVERYONE is welcome.

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