{"product_id":"2940170508662","title":"All American Boys: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an unforgettable new novel from award-winning authors Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, two teensamp;mdash;one black, one whiteamp;mdash;grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the country bitterly divided by racial tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bag of chips. That's all sixteen-year-old Rashad is looking for at the corner bodega. What he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul Galluzzo, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashad's pleadings that he's stolen nothing for belligerence, mistakes Rashad's resistance to leave the bodega as resisting arrest, mistakes Rashad's every flinch at every punch the cop throws as further resistance and refusal to STAY STILL as ordered. But how can you stay still when someone is pounding your face into the concrete pavement?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there were witnesses: Quinn Collinsamp;mdash;a varsity basketball player and Rashad's classmate who has been raised by Paul since his own father died in Afghanistanamp;mdash;and a video camera. Soon the beating is all over the news and Paul is getting threatened with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality. Quinn refuses to believe that the man who has basically been his savior could possibly be guilty. But then Rashad is absent. And absent again. And again. And the basketball teamamp;mdash;half of whom are Rashad's best friendsamp;mdash;start to take sides. As does the school. And the town. Simmering tensions threaten to explode as Rashad and Quinn are forced to face decisions and consequences they had never considered before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in tandem by two award-winning authors, this tour de force shares the alternating perspectives of Rashad and Quinn as the complications from that single violent moment, the type taken from the headlines, unfold and reverberate to highlight an unwelcome truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Simon amp; Schuster audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169781793008,"sku":"2940170508662","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170508662_p0.jpg?v=1763711052","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170508662","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}