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A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book.

Just when seventeen-year-old Matt thinks he can´t handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who´s dealt with a lot more-and who just might be able to clue him in on how to rise up when life keeps knocking him down-in this "vivid, satisfying, and ultimately upbeat tale of grief, redemption, and grace" (Kirkus Reviews) from the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award-winning author of When I Was the Greatest.

Matt wears a black suit every day. No, not because his mom died-although she did, and it sucks. But he wears the suit for his gig at the local funeral home, which pays way better than the Cluck Bucket, and he needs the income since his dad can´t handle the bills (or anything, really) on his own. So while Dad´s snagging bottles of whiskey, Matt´s snagging fifteen bucks an hour. Not bad. But everything else? Not good. Then Matt meets Lovey. Crazy name, and she´s been through more crazy stuff than he can imagine. Yet Lovey never cries. She´s tough. Really tough. Tough in the way Matt wishes he could be. Which is maybe why he´s drawn to her, and definitely why he can´t seem to shake her. Because there´s nothing more hopeful than finding a person who understands your loneliness-and who can maybe even help take it away.

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Reynolds, Jason
Jason Reynolds is a New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, National Book Award Honoree, 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. The American Booksellers Association´s 2017 and 2018 spokesperson for Indies First, his many books include When I Was the Greatest, Boy in the Black Suit, All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely), As Brave as You, For Every One, the Track series (Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and Lu), and Long Way Down, which received both a Newbery Honor and a Printz Honor. He lives in Washington, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.

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