This is a collection of ten short stories about kids making their way home from school all connected by the idea of a school bus falling from the sky. There are the kids who steal pocket change to make enough money to buy something special on the way home. There is the kid whose friends try to help look better before approaching his crush. What about the skateboarding who has an unfortunate run-in with some bullies on the way home? Or the kid who doesn't want to be a bully but joins in anyway to save himself? Finally, there the kid whose mother is the crossing guard.
You will meet them all and more in this book. I really enjoyed most of the stories, which are more like vignettes, but it was a little disappointing to realize the book would not return to their stories. Some of them felt more like the first chapter than a complete story.
I normally love Jason Reynolds, but this book didn't really do it for me, and I think a lot of kids will be frustrated with it, too. Honestly, the school bus falling from the sky felt like a tease by the time you get to the end and figure out what it really is.
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