The next day lisa and jason broke up and then he asked out kyra. Played was also well written, well crafted and told a very realistic story of teenagers trying to fit in and going through awful gyrations to do so. So why cant jasonbasketball star and the hottest guy in schoolget her out of his head. The story is soo good that you will be flipping page after page. Jason begins a relationship with lisa, but, after he and kyra are paired up for a class project their relationship ignites.
So why cant jasonbasketball star and the hottest guy in schoolget her out of his cbc diversity book spotlight. Davidson, a high school teacher, debuts with a triedandtrue teen romance, unusual chiefly for its setting in an affluent black suburb of detroit. Jason is enjoying his life as the star bring out basketball of cross highs basketball team, and. But fate intervenes and the unlikely duo is paired up for a class project. 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.
She is best known for her starring role as deputy chief brenda leigh johnson on the tnt crime drama the closer. Jason vincent, basketball star and one of the most popular guys in school, and intelligent, but inexperienced kyra evans. An improbable romance blossoms between two africanamerican students. If this is her first book then her second should be fabulous and phenomenal. 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. Complete opposites, suave jason and smart kyra, fall for each other while working on a research project, but jasons ex, lisa, is gorgeous and popular and determined to make sure their romance doesnt last. Handsome and popular jason tries to come to terms with his irascible, often absent father and his growing attraction to the quiet, studious kyra. Kyra minturn sedgwick born august 19, 1965 is an american actress, producer, and director. Kyra then overhears lisa and her crew talking about how lisa was with him a few weeks before. Jason is a popular, handsome athlete and kyra is a brainy, average, and independent girl. Kyra reminds me of my sister shakirah in a few ways.
Although preconceived notions abound on both sides, kyra soon realizes that jason. The last man in tehran book by mark henshaw official. Kyra, on the other hand is a free spirit, unafraid to express her individuality. Other thing that people do often is believe every thing someone tells them. But fate intervenes, and the unlikely duo is paired up for a class project. About played, school library journal says, davidsons understanding of teen motivations and language is read the full article. This book is about the relationship between jason and kyra. Kylie bunbury, kyra sedgwick, and jason isaacs book new roles paul dailly at march 3. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full access to all. The series ended on august, 2012, following the completion of its seventh season. I read this book because i have a teenaged daughter that i also read jason and kyra with. The winner of the 2001 newsweekwdivtv outstanding teacher award, dana teaches high school in detroit, and lives just outside the city with her family. It brought back memories of my first love and what it truly is like.
Jason is a star basketball player, handsome, popular and smart. Booklist calls jason and kyra a book that teens wont be able to stop reading. Many africanamerican childrens lit authors see dana davidson as a trailblazer. Brainy kyra isnt, but she doesnt much care what other people think. I love this book because of how it takes place, how its set up, and how the characters are so. I was first attracted to the title because my name is kyra and i rarely run across others with the same name. 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.
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. After breaking up with lisa, jason and kyra are free to date and all is great until kyra overhears lisa talking about having had sex with jason. 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. But the twist is that jason has a girlfriend named lisa, the most popular girl in the school. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. The book is about two high school students from different sides of the social spectrum. Under normal circumstances, jason and kyra would live in their separate worlds up until graduation. In this book kyra believed that lisa was being truthful about jason wanted her back, turns out she was lying. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the jason kyra, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Join facebook to connect with jason santoro and others you may know. The first edition of the novel was published in may 10th 2004, and was written by dana davidson. The main characters of this young adult, romance story are. The story introduces us to jason and kyra, two teenagers that seemingly have nothing in common. Kyra isnt popular or beautiful but jason finds it easy and comfortable to be with her.
Jason is a basketball star and one of the most popular guys in school. In the story, kyra immediately grabbed jasons attention and struck him as jason and kyra was an amazing book. Under normal circumstances, jason and kyra would live in. Kyra evans isnt popular, or a girl who you stare at when you are walking down the hall. This book explores relationships between family, a popular guy, a shy girl, and the reaction of their friends, and the entire school. Now jason has never cheated before, but now he has cheated once on lisa with kyra. The destined loves are jason,a sports teen and kyra, a smart girl. Under normal circumstances, jason and kyra would live in their separate worlds until graduation. 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. Jason and kyra would have never met if it was not for a project that they were paired together to do. 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. Brought together by a class project, the two connect, finding friendship as well as romance. But fate intervenes and the unlikely duo is paired up for a class.
Every girl wants to be his, but the lucky one is lisa. Kyra is a virgin and has been struggling with whether to sleep with jason. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 327 pages and is available in hardcover format. Brainy kyra isnt popular, but she doesnt much care what other people think. But then jason and kyra kiss for the very first time. This book is about the basketball star, jason, falling in love with an ordinary girl kyra. She made her fiction debut with jason and kyra, a love story that booklist said.