Review of the Day: It’s the End of the World and I’m In My Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds

It’s the End of the World and I’m In My Bathing Suit
By Justin A. Reynolds
Scholastic
$17.99
ISBN: 9781338704226
Ages 9-12
On shelves April 5th

Okay, so about nine years ago I wrote a blog post called, “2013 Middle Grade Black Boys: Seriously, People?” And I don’t think it’s going to surprise anybody that I found a whopping five middle grade novels where the main character was a boy who was Black. Three of them were written by sports stars. One was historical fiction about slavery. And one, just ...