This book was excellent. Because of the authors excellent writing I was able to understand the perspectives of black people a lot more. Very educational and very enjoyable.

*All You Have To Do is beautiful, powerful, and thought-provoking
*if you're going to read one YA debut this year, make it this one, for real
*I really didn't expect much but I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was.
*I didn't really know where it was going in the beginning, but it nicely set up the two protagonists and their separate but intertwined settings and characters.
*both protags have arcs and captivating plotlines. sometimes dual POV can drag with certain characters, this was not the case here.
*I haven't read a book that made me feel like I learned something in a while, and AYHTD taught me a lot
*there are just so many important conversations here and for once I agreed with a lot of it.
*lastly, this!!!! is the Black + Muslim rep we - as in, real live Black + Muslim people - are looking for. take notes, folks. (neither protagonist is Muslim but the Muslim side characters are just really great and I'd gladly read an entire book about either of them.)

This is a powerful, well written book told in dual timelines, tying the perspectives of the characters together, battling similar fights in two different ways.
The characters are oh so like able and I pulled for them all the way.
It is 1968 and Kevin is protesting in the wake of Martin Luther King’s assassination at his Ivy League college. It is 1995 and Gibran, in the subject of the Million Man March, is challenging his fancy prep school’s racist color blind attitudes and advocating for himself and his fellow Black students. The school supports every other field trip so why not this one?
I definitely recommend this heartfelt YA novel by Autumn Allen.

This was a very powerful book and I felt privileged to read it and gain some limited insight into different perspective. I loved the two timelines and perspectives and how they tied together. The look at two similar men fighting sadly similar fights in two different ways was really powerful to read. I loved both characters and was rooting for them, and I definitely loved the way things tied together and ended. In 1968 Kevin is protesting in the wake of Martin Luther King’s assassination at his Ivy League college. Meanwhile in 1995 in the wake of outrage about the Million Man March Gibran is challenging his fancy prep school’s racist color blind attitudes and advocating for himself and his fellow Black students. Both boys had clear and wonderful voices and were a pleasure to read. I definitely recommend this book and will be looking for more books by this author.

I don’t read much YA historical fiction, but I liked the sound of this one, and I’m so glad I picked it up. It was so compelling, and I read it in one sitting because I didn’t want to put it down. I liked the dual timelines and how we followed two different family members. I did enjoy Kevin’s perspective a little more because I found Gibran a little too brash at times. Both make mistakes throughout the course of the story, and it was satisfying seeing their growth by the end. There were a few pacing issues and some dialogue felt clunky, but for the most part I really enjoyed this. Being a white person, there’s obviously a lot of things that happen in this book that I’m not the right person to speak on, but I do think this is an important read for anyone, especially given the social climate we live in.

I loved the story, the world building and meeting the different characters. I felt completely immersed in the story and couldn't stop reading it.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Young Readers Group for allowing me early access to Autumn Allen’s All You Have To Do in return for an honest review!

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel! I’ll admit, I found some parts slightly boring or confusing, but I still. think the author did a great job on this novel!