For Every One

For Every One

?A lyrical masterpiece.? -School Library Journal (starred review)Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds?s rallying cry to the young dreamers of the world.For Every One is exactly that: for every one. For every one person. For every one who has a dream. But especially for every kid. The kids who dream of being better than they are. Kids who dream of doing more than they almost dare to imagine. Kids who are like Jason Reynolds, a self-professed dreamer. Jason does not claim to know how to make dreams come true; he has, in fact, been fighting on the front line of his own battle to make his own dreams a reality. He expected to make it when he was sixteen. Then eighteen. Then twenty-five. Now, some of those expectations have been realized. But others, the most important ones, lay ahead, and a lot of them involve kids, how to inspirethem: All the kids who are scared to dream, or don?t know how to dream, or don?t dare to dream because they?ve NEVER seen a dream come true. Jason wants kids to know that dreams take time. They involve countless struggles. But no matter how many times a dreamer gets beat down, the drive and the passion and the hope never fully extinguishes-because simply having the dream is the start you need, or you won?t get anywhere anyway, and that is when you have to take a leap of faith.A pitch-perfect graduation, baby, or inspirational gift for anyone who needs to me reminded of their own abilities-to dream.About the AuthorJason Reynolds is a #1ew York Times?estselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a Kirkus Award winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors. Reynolds is also the 2020-2021 National Ambassador for Young People?s Literature. His many books include?hen I Was the Greatest, The Boy in the Black Suit, All American Boys?cowritten with Brendan Kiely),?s Brave as You, For Every One, the Track series (Ghost,Patina,Sunny, andLu),?ook Both Ways, and?ong Way Down, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. He lives in Washington, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.Excerpt. ?Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.For Every OneTHIS LETTER IS BEING WRITTENfrom a place of raw honesty and lovebut not at alla place of expertiseon how to makeyour dreams come true.