This book explores relationships between family, a popular guy, a shy girl, and the reaction of their friends, and the entire school. Buy this book davidson, a high school teacher, debuts with a triedandtrue teen romance. Jason vincent, basketball star and one of the most popular guys in school, and intelligent, but inexperienced kyra evans. Under normal circumstances, jason and kyra would live in their separate worlds up until graduation. Jason begins a relationship with lisa, but, after he and kyra are paired up for a class project their relationship ignites. But fate intervenes and the unlikely duo is paired up for a class project. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. So why cant jasonbasketball star and the hottest guy in schoolget her out of his cbc diversity book spotlight. The next day lisa and jason broke up and then he asked out kyra. Dana davidson is the author of two novels for young adults, jason and kyra hyperionjump at the sun 2004 and played hyperionjump at the sun 2005. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 327 pages and is available in hardcover format. Join facebook to connect with jason santoro and others you may know. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as cds or access codes.
Little, brown books for young readers, 9780786818518, 336pp. Jason and kyra would have never met if it was not for a project that they were paired together to do. If this is her first book then her second should be fabulous and phenomenal. The story is soo good that you will be flipping page after page. Now jason has never cheated before, but now he has cheated once on lisa with kyra.
Other thing that people do often is believe every thing someone tells them. When ii read the book ii was blown away about how ii finished it iin 2days, and how ii felt liike ii was iin the story, ii felt the emotions that kyra had for jason, heck. Under normal circumstances, jason and kyra would live in. Dana davidson handsome and popular jason tries to come to terms with his irascible, often absent father and his growing attraction to the quiet, studious kyra. An improbable romance blossoms between two africanamerican students. But the twist is that jason has a girlfriend named lisa, the most popular girl in the school. I was first attracted to the title because my name is kyra and i rarely run across others with the same name. The destined loves are jason,a sports teen and kyra, a smart girl. But fate intervenes and the unlikely duo is paired up for a class. Decorated current cia analyst mark henshaw continues the authentic, compelling, and revealing jason matthews red cell series following agent kyra stryker who must work to save the cia from being torn apart by a mole at the highest echelons, with the help of recently retired analyst, jonathan burke. The winner of the 2001 newsweekwdivtv outstanding teacher award, dana. Kyra reminds me of my sister shakirah in a few ways. But fate intervenes, and the unlikely duo is paired up for a class project.
Handsome and popular jason tries to come to terms with his irascible, often absent father and his growing attraction to the quiet, studious kyra this banner text can have markup. Her first novel, jason and kyra, was one of the first romance novels to feature middleclass africanamerican characters. Brainy kyra isnt popular, but she doesnt much care what other people think. Kyra, on the other hand is a free spirit, unafraid to express her individuality. Jason is a popular, handsome athlete and kyra is a brainy, average, and independent girl. When ii read the book ii was blown away about how ii finished it iin 2days, and how ii felt liike ii was iin the story, ii felt the emotions that kyra had for jason, heck ii thought ii was kyra lol ii wld be reading the book somewhere and would burst out sayiing ii love jason or just sumthn and when ii told my frnds abt the book ii knew iit. Brought together by a class project, the two connect, finding friendship as well as romance. It is a book proving the classic saying opposites attract. Brainy kyra isnt, but she doesnt much care what other people think. In jason and kyra jason and kyra both judge each other by first impressions, but in the end they end up being in love with each other. It is actually one of my favorite books for the simple fact that it. She made her fiction debut with jason and kyra, a love story that booklist said. Jason is the hottest guy in the school and kyra is just cute, but nothing spectacular like jasons exgirlfriend, the spoil, selfcentered lisa. In this book kyra believed that lisa was being truthful about jason wanted her back, turns out she was lying.
Jason is a basketball star and one of the most popular guys in school. Kyra evans isnt popular, or a girl who you stare at when you are walking down the hall. In high school however, being an individual can sometimes make you an outsider. When jason and kyra are paired by their teacher to work on a class project. This book is about the basketball star, jason, falling in love with an ordinary girl kyra. The book is about two high school students from different sides of the social spectrum.
About played, school library journal says, davidsons understanding of teen motivations and language is read the full article. So why cant jasonbasketball star and the hottest guy in schoolget her out of his head. Dana davidson handsome and popular jason tries to come to terms with his irascible, often absent father and his. Kyra has 330 books on goodreads, and is currently reading jinxed by amy mcculloch, six of crows by leigh bardugo, and red sparrow by jason matthews, and. Handsome and popular jason tries to come to terms with his irascible, often absent father and his growing attraction to the quiet, studious kyra. It is a book that will make you think about relationships with the opposite sex, platonic and intimate. Kyra was a likeable character, though at times she was often coming off as a knowitall, but it was easy to see how she was falling for jason and i loved jasons character. Kylie bunbury, kyra sedgwick, and jason isaacs book new roles paul dailly at march 3, 2020 1.
Jason and kyra are such easy characters to like and davidson has really been able to capture the language of the teens in a relatable way. The standard of beauty in his circle clashed with kyras style, but that didnt stop him from yearning for her. Jason is enjoying his life as the star bring out basketball of cross highs basketball team, and. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Under normal circumstances, jason and kyra would live in their separate worlds until graduation. While i was reading i felt like every moment i was there in one of the main characters position.
Lisa was considered the most beautiful girl at cross high and she and jason were a beautiful looking couple, but they werent right for each other. Booklist calls jason and kyra a book that teens wont be able to stop reading. The first edition of the novel was published in may 10th 2004, and was written by dana davidson. He seemed to have it all but, there were parts of his life that he kept hidden away from his friends. Kyra is extremely smart, driven, and has clear goals for her future. Davidson, a high school teacher, debuts with a triedandtrue teen romance, unusual chiefly for its setting in an affluent black suburb of detroit. Many africanamerican childrens lit authors see dana davidson as a trailblazer. Although preconceived notions abound on both sides, kyra soon realizes that jason. The main characters of this young adult, romance story are.
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