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Twenty-four Seconds from Now...

by Jason Reynolds

Coretta Scott King Book Awards · 2025 · Winner
Atheneum Books for Young ReadersyaISBN 9781481490108

Award History

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Coretta Scott King Book AwardsAuthor Award2025Winner

About This Book

A novel about Neon, a teenager who must decide how to handle a pivotal relationship moment, counting down to a consequential conversation.

About the Author

Jason Reynolds is an American author of novels and poetry for children and young adults who serves as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (2020–2022). His verse novel Long Way Down (2017) was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, a Newbery Honor Book, and a National Book Award finalist. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now... Read more →

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