All American Boys: Sunday–Monday

by Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely
This novel by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely tells the story of Rashad and Quinn, two teenagers whose lives are changed after an incident of police brutality divides their community.

Here are links to our lists for the novel: Friday–Saturday, Sunday–Monday, Tuesday–Wednesday, Thursday–Friday

Here are links to our lists for other books by Jason Reynolds: When I Was the Greatest, The Boy in the Black Suit, Long Way Down, Ghost, Patina, Sunny, Lu
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  1. seep
    pass gradually or leak or as if through small openings
    I owned the block party dance contests. So Jill’s party, like every party, was my time to two-step without it being a march. My time to be at ease, and let the soul seep back into this soldier.
  2. sarcastic
    expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
    "Amen." Spoony stood in the doorway, nodding his head, and clapping his hands, a sarcastic look on his face.
  3. gingerly
    in a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy
    Five seconds couldn’t have gone by before Spoony sat gingerly on the side of the bed and grabbed the remote.
  4. subdued
    quieted and brought under control
    As you can see, the officer already has the young man subdued.
  5. disbelief
    doubt about the truth of something
    “Spoony, how’d they get my name?” I stared at the TV in disbelief.
  6. surreal
    characterized by fantastic and incongruous imagery
    I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I mean, it was me, but it wasn’t. But . . . it was. I didn’t know how or what to feel. Like, how could I be that boy—a victim. Me. It was just . . . I don’t know . . . surreal. But we kept watching as the story looped.
  7. ruthless
    without mercy or pity
    “Okay,” I said dumbly, and I swear there were a few faces in the room, including my own ma’s and Mrs. Galluzzo’s, who looked at me with a swelling pride, as if he’d just asked me to saddle up and join the posse on the hunt for some ruthless criminal, and I was putting down my farming tools to go join the greater cause.
  8. aftermath
    the consequences of an event, especially a catastrophic one
    “I forgot all about that. Paulie killed that guy.”
    Not literally. But it was bad. I hadn’t actually seen it. But I’d seen the aftermath.
  9. conflate
    mix together different elements
    “That’s not—It’s not—You just can’t go conflating things like that.”
  10. silhouette
    an outline of a solid object as cast by its shadow
    Now, imagine that you’re looking at them through the thickest fog ever. So thick that you can’t make out any actual feature on their bodies, but you can still see their silhouettes.
  11. refrain
    resist doing something
    Not that that was my rule, it just seemed like it was probably discussed somewhere in the training that you might wanna refrain from using foul language around patients.
  12. flustered
    thrown into a state of agitated confusion
    When dealing with a clown like Carlos, the key is to never let him see you flustered.
  13. stifling
    characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
    The room was stifling with a weird tension, this strange sadness, when finally Shannon spoke up.
  14. behalf
    as the agent of or on someone's part
    I wasn’t sure what to do about any of it, or if I even wanted anyone else to do anything on my behalf.
Created on Wed Jul 19 17:04:55 EDT 2017 (updated Fri Jul 25 16:43:38 EDT 2025)

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