17 must-read poetry books like For Every One by Jason Reynolds

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For Every One

By: Jason Reynolds

4.30

Format: 102 pages, Hardcover

Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial…

"Dreams don't have timelines, deadlines, and aren't always in straight lines."

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

"Dreams don't have timelines, deadlines, and aren't always in straight lines."

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

"Dreams don't have timelines, deadlines, and aren't always in straight lines."

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

"When it comes to my dream, the way I like to describe it is that it's a rabid beast that found me when I was young"

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

If you liked the poetry plot in For Every One by Jason Reynolds , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. The Crossover

By: Kwame Alexander

4.24

Format: 245 pages, ebook

"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all t… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Crossover book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"He's no longer listening to music, but his tears are loud enough to dance to."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Silence doesn't mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

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2. The Poet X

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Acevedo's The Poet X book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Pero, tú no eres fácil."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

"Just because your father's present, doesn't mean he isn't absent."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

"It's about any of the words that bring us together and how we can form a home in them."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

"I close my eyes and let myself find in music what I've always searched for: a way away."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

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3. Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir

By: Margarita Engle , Edel Rodriguez

3.66

Format: 146 pages, Hardcover

In this poetic memoir, Margarita Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of… read more

Similar categories in Margarita Engle's Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • middle grade

4. Planet Middle School

By: Nikki Grimes

3.79

Format: 477 pages, Hardcover

For twelve years, Joylin Johnson's life has been just fine, thank you very much. A game of basketba… read more

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5. Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

By: Kwame Alexander

4.31

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

From NPR correspondent and New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. For Every One

By: Jason Reynolds

4.30

Format: 102 pages, Hardcover

Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's For Every One book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • teen
  • inspirational
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • self help
"Dreams don't have timelines, deadlines, and aren't always in straight lines."

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

"When it comes to my dream, the way I like to describe it is that it's a rabid beast that found me when I was young"

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

"The truth is, finding that beast may or may not happen. But the treasures I've discovered under the heavy stones and behind the massive trees and deep in the dark caves have created the hunter and th…"

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

"One thing I am now certain of is that this road less traveled has in fact been traveled by far more suckers than you think. All of us out here, slumped over wearing weird fake broken smiles, trying t…"

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

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7. Punching the Air

By: Ibi Zoboi

4.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exo… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's Punching the Air book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"They call it free time and it's the biggest lie because we are still here"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

"This is the first time my feet are bound where the fuck am I supposed to run anyway"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

"Blank Canvas I have a crayon and paper I didn't know that I could hold this little bit of freedom in my hands"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

"And maybe there are small cracks in our walls and we start to see a sliver of light shine through in each other"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

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8. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • middle grade
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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9. Kent State

By: Deborah Wiles

3.96

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of one of the darkest moments in our history, when American troops killed four Ameri… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Wiles's Kent State book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • teen
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"When the State silences freedom of assembly and freedom to dissent, it silences the people it is sworn to protect."

-Deborah Wiles, Kent State

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10. Before the Ever After

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.18

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson's novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's Before the Ever After book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. Inheritance: A Visual Poem

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

4.49

Format: 46 pages, Hardcover

They tell me to "fix" my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten; but how do… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Acevedo's Inheritance: A Visual Poem book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • teen
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

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13. The One Thing You'd Save

By: Linda Sue Park

3.94

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores… read more

Similar categories in Linda Sue Park's The One Thing You'd Save book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Ages ago my gran knitted a sweater for my dad. He wore it and wore it and wore it right out. Then my other gran, who lives with us, unraveled it and knitted a new sweater for me. So I'd save that swe…"

-Linda Sue Park, The One Thing You'd Save

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14. The Collectors

By: A.S. King

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-M… read more

Similar categories in A.S. King's The Collectors book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances

By: Kwame Alexander

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

This powerful memoir from a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medalist features poet… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I want them to know that banning a book is like banning a hug and THAT is a dismal storm no should be left behind in"

-Kwame Alexander, Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances

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17. Dreams from Many Rivers: A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems

By: Margarita Engle

4.08

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning poet Margarita Engle comes Dreams from Many Rivers, an middle grade verse histor… read more

Similar categories in Margarita Engle's Dreams from Many Rivers: A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • middle grade
  • audiobook
"Human movement is a bridge between solid ground and dreamlike air."

-Margarita Engle, Dreams from Many Rivers: A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems

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18. Say Her Name

By: Zetta Elliott

4.34

Format: 90 pages, None

For ages 12 and up. Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Fo… read more

Similar categories in Zetta Elliott's Say Her Name book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • teen
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. Just Read It: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms (Corwin Literacy)

By: Jarred Amato

4.64

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Read widely and read often - create a classroom environment where independent reading thrives In… read more

Similar categories in Jarred Amato's Just Read It: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms (Corwin Literacy) book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

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20. We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices

By: Wade Hudson

4.38

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Fifty of the foremost diverse children's authors and illustrators--including Jason Reynolds, Jacque… read more

Similar categories in Wade Hudson's We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • middle grade
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21. Black Roses: Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Women

By: Harold Green III

4.29

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The poet and founder of the music collective Flowers for the Living pays tribute to all Black women… read more

Similar categories in Harold Green III's Black Roses: Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Women book and Jason Reynolds's For Every One

  • poetry
  • audiobook

9 must-read contemporary books like For Every One by Jason Reynolds

Transform Your Habits

The Crossover

Kwame Alexander

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

4.38

Transform Your Habits

For Every One

Jason Reynolds

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Punching the Air

Ibi Zoboi

4.41

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15 best-selling childrens books like Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

Transform Your Habits

The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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