Jason Reynolds explained to Trevor Noah why he never read a book cover to cover until he was 17, just as he explained to .
鈥淎nd the truth is that, when I was younger, books were given to me. Right? I want to be clear. There were books around me. There were books in the home. But the books that were given to me had nothing to do with my life.”
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And, this is the point, isn鈥檛 it鈥攎irrors that entice kids to read to see themselves, windows that take them to see others (Rudine Sims Bishop)?