Brendan Kiely

A bag of chips That s all sixteen 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 There were witnesses Quinn a varsity basketball player and Rashad s classmate who has been raised by Paul since his own father died in Afghanistan and a video camera Soon the beating is all over the news and Paul is getting threatened with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality Quinn refuses to believe that the man who has basically been his saviour could possibly be guilty But then Rashad is absent And absent again And again And the basketball team half of whom are Rashad s best friends start to take sides As does the school And the town Simmering tensions threaten to explode as Rashad and Quinn are forced to face decisions and consequences they had never considered before

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A bag of chips. Thats all sixteen-year-old Rashad is looking for. What he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashads pleadings that hes stolen nothing for belligerence, mistakes Rashads 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?There were witnesses: Quinn - a varsity basketball player and Rashads classmate who has been raised by Paul since his own father died in Afghanistan - and a video camera. Soon the beating is all over the news and Paul is getting threatened with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality. Quinn refuses to believe that the man who has basically been his saviour could possibly be guilty. But then Rashad is absent. And absent again. And again. And the basketball team - half of whom are Rashads best friends - start to take sides. As does the school. And the town. Simmering tensions threaten to explode as Rashad and Quinn are forced to face decisions and consequences they had never considered before.

I just wanted him to stop beating me. I just wanted to live.After a violent act that leaves their community and, ultimately, the country divided, Rashad and Quinn - one Black, one White - face the truth that racism and prejudice are all around us. And theres a future at stake, a future where no one will have deal with police brutality. They just have to risk everything theyve ever known to speak out.With evocative black and white illustrations from Akhran Girmay.

Hendrix es un joven de diecisiete años solitario e interesado en la poesía. Su madre viaja mucho por trabajo y su abuelo reside en un complejo de apartamentos adaptados para enfermos de alzhéimer. Siente que su familia se esta desmoronando. Entonces conoce a Corrina, una joven de su clase de poesia que canta en la calle. Corrina quiere huir a Nueva York y Hendrix decide ayudarla. El camino es largo, esta lleno de aventuras, imprevistos y sorpresasUn viaje en el que no hay vuelta atras y que les cambiara para siempre