SYNOPSIS:
Sixty seconds. Seven Floors. Three Rules. One Gun.
Will’s brother, Shawn, has been shot. In his grief, Will reverts to the rules:
The Rules
No.
1: Crying
Don’t.
No Matter What.
Don’t.
No.
2 Snitching
Don’t.
No matter what.
Don’t.
No.
3: Revenge
If someone you love
Gets killed
Find the person
Who killed
Them and
Kill them.
But what happens to Will on the ride down, in the
space of a short elevator ride, will blow you away.
INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR:
AWARDS:
National Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature (2017)
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Poetry (2017)
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Poetry (2017)
AUTHOR WEBSITE:
CREDITS:
Reynolds, J. (2017). Long way down. New York: Atheneum. ©2017 ISBN13: 9781481438254. Hardcover $17.99
Greene, D. (2017, October 30). In 'Long Way Down,' The Ghosts Of Gun Violence Chill A Plan For Revenge. Retrieved November 22, 2017, from https://www.npr.org/2017/10/30/560286304/in-long-way-down-the-ghosts-of-gun-violence-chill-a-plan-for-revenge
Author Jason Reynolds talks new book, gets a call from Queen Latifah. (2017, October 24). Retrieved November 22, 2017, from https://youtu.be/lC6W88wgYDY
COVER ART: WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/title/long-way-down/oclc/972216719&referer=brief_results
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