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A story about grief. At the start of this story, Matt's mother has just passed away from cancer. This is the story of how he goes from just going through the motions to actually living and caring about life again. For anyone who has lost a loved one.
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Anything Jason Reynolds writes is gold and The Boy in the Black Suit is no different. Initially it was a little difficult for me to read because it opens up with Matt's mother dying and that hit really close to home for me - but in a way it made me closer to that character. Matt's mother has just died from breast cancer and now it's on him to start his senior year of high school. He's a few weeks late starting so he loses his after school job he had lined up. He considers applying at his favorit
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Soon after his mother's death, Matt gets a job in a funeral home. He is still grieving his mother and actually finds that sitting in on the funerals of strangers is comforting to him because his pain is a shared thing. He is not alone in his grief. Along the way, he also meets some people who help him start to move on, as they are grieving themselves. I am constantly in awe of Jason Reynolds. He tells very human stories that we can all relate to, but puts his own spin on them and makes the reade
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Lovers of realistic fiction will savor the story of Matt, a teen whose mother has just died. Matt struggles through his own grief by watching others' in his job at a local funeral home until he meets Lovey, and Matt wants the secret to her strength. Equal parts tender, touching, and laugh-out-loud funny, Boy is a great read for students in grades 8 and up, due to mildly colorful language. Reynolds' characters and dialogue are spot-on and will resonate both as a mirror for students who have exper
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