Jason Reynolds, Adam Silvera, Angie Thomas and Nicola Yoon—TIME presents the most compelling, enlightening and influential young-adult books, in chronological order beginning in the 1800s ...

So you haven't read "Long Way Down" by Jason Reynolds? It's a story of REVENGE or more like the personal journey someone must take when seeking revenge. As our young antagonist's brother has been shot ...

Jason Reynolds and I avoided books like we avoided police officers growing up in the 1990s. Because we hated reading, we were seen as the problem. But the problem has always been the books, not ...