Before you were born, your mam had a reading with some psychics who told her she needed to guard you because you were going to do special things. You've said that this keeps you hopeful when you feel like you're not doing some special things. It can sort of put an extra weight on you, because you now realize, oh, no, i have to change the world insome kind of way, because it's been preordained. On the flip side though, it makes you kind of puff your chest out a bit, cause it's like, well, all i have to do is stay focused, and we'll see what comes.
Jason Reynolds—award-winning author and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature—discusses his prolific writing career that inspires young readers to discover their own stories.