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Jason Reynolds 'The Boy In The Black Suit'

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“The Boy In The Black Suit” Do you know what it feels like to lose your mother, and have to work to make money so that you can support your family? In Jason Reynolds “The Boy in The Black Suit” 17-year-old Matt has to figure out how to do this very thing. In the boy in the black suit, Jason Reynolds writes about a boy named matt who benefited from a funeral home that he works at. Matt has to work at the funeral home after his mom sadly died of cancer. Matt is forced to find a job at a funeral home, Mr. ray is the owner of the funeral home and offers matt a job. Matt benefits the funeral home because he treats mr.ray as a father figure, and also benefits the funeral because of meets new people that are going through the same thing that he

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