{"product_id":"my-name-is-jason-mine-too-our-story-our-way-9781534478220","title":"My Name Is Jason. Mine Too.: Our Story. Our Way.","description":"\u003cb\u003eA stunning visual autobiography of two crazy-talented besties, bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds and painter Jason Griffin, who could never be who they are singularly if they weren't who they were together.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce upon a time in America, there were two Jasons. Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin. One a poet. One an artist. One Black. One white. Two voices. One journey in mind: to move to New York, the city of dreams, to make their own dreams come true. Willing to have a life not un-hard, so long as it wasn't unhappy. Willing to let the city swallow them whole, so long as it gives them their chance. They had each other. \"What if painting was a sin, and the poetry became taboo. And no one ever clapped for me again. My question is, would you?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey clapped. Oh, they clapped. And aren't we \u003ci\u003eglad\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJason Reynolds is a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a Kirkus Award winner, a UK Carnegie Medal winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, an Odyssey Award Winner and two-time honoree, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors and the Margaret A. Edwards Award. He was also the 2020-2022 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. His many books include \u003ci\u003eAll American Boys\u003c\/i\u003e (cowritten with Brendan Kiely); \u003ci\u003eWhen I Was the Greatest\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Boy in the Black Suit\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStamped\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAs Brave as You\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFor Every One\u003c\/i\u003e; the Track series (\u003ci\u003eGhost, Patina, Sunny\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLu\u003c\/i\u003e); \u003ci\u003eLook Both Ways\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStuntboy, in the Meantime\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAin't Burned All the Bright \u003c\/i\u003e(recipient of the Caldecott Honor) and \u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Jason. Mine Too.\u003c\/i\u003e (both cowritten with Jason Griffin); and \u003ci\u003eLong Way Down\u003c\/i\u003e, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. His debut picture book, \u003ci\u003eThere Was a Party for Langston\u003c\/i\u003e, won a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. He lives in Washington, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJason Griffin won a Caldecott Honor for his artwork in \u003ci\u003eAin\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003et Burned All the Bright\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewritten by Jason Reynolds, and also illustrated Reynolds's \u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Jason. Mine Too\u003c\/i\u003e. He's an artist and master collaborator, who has shown his art in major cities all over the world. His most recent projects include a commissioned mural for the children's cancer wing at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, as well as a residency at the new contemporary art museum in Amsterdam, Het HEM. He currently creates in Queens, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atheneum Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50719446663442,"sku":"9781534478220","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_613f1338-ce72-4289-a6b5-b36d0817b7bb.jpg?v=1734667069","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-name-is-jason-mine-too-our-story-our-way-9781534478220","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}