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Jason & Kyra.


Jason & Kyra by Dana Davidson. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion, June 2004, $16.99 ISBN ISBN
abbr.
International Standard Book Number


ISBN International Standard Book Number

ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 
 0-786-81851-4, Ages 12 and up

All the nuances of an idyllic love story: struggle, fate, jealousy, separation and reunion, saturate sat·u·rate
v. Abbr. sat.
1. To imbue or impregnate thoroughly.

2. To soak, fill, or load to capacity.

3. To cause a substance to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance.
 the pages of this young-adult novel. Two distinct high-school students, brainy brain·y  
adj. brain·i·er, brain·i·est Informal
Intelligent; smart.



braini·ly adv.
 Kyra and star basketball player Jason, isolated from one another in their social spheres but united when paired for a class project. Preconceived notions of each other are flushed and love abounds, but not without dissent from Jason's ex-girlfriend, Lisa. Although more than 300 pages, Davidson's magnificent literary undertaking will immediately absorb any young reader.

--Reviewed by Erica O. Dolland Erica O. Dolland is an elementary teacher in Harlem, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
. She is writing a book series for young girls.
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Publication:Black Issues Book Review
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Date:Jul 1, 2004
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