I recently watched MSNBC's Ali Velshi's Banned Book Club. His guests were Judy Blume and Jason Reynolds. They discussed Blume's FOREVER and the attempts through the years to ban the book. Reynolds commented how the book influenced him as a young reader and now as a writer. He was inspired to write TWENTY-FOUR SECONDS FROM NOW, the story of a seventeen-year-old young man and his concerns about having sex for the first time.
Neon and Aria have been dating for two years. They have both decided they are ready to take their relationship to the next step - sex. They have made a plan for when and where, but both are nervous.
Neon is the perfect boyfriend (girls out there, you need one like him), so he wants to be prepared when he takes this big step with Aria. Readers will take the journey with Neon as he goes back in time that leads up to the big moment. He researches, has conversations with family and friends, and tries to mentally prepare so the moment will be perfect.
Filled with frank and often humorous details, Reynolds's TWENTY-FOUR SECONDS FROM NOW provides male readers with much the same advice that Blume provided for girls in her book FOREVER. This love LOVE story is definitely a must read for teens and anyone who knows how important care and kindness is in today's world.
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