Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Publisher Information: New York, NY: Atheneum, 2017
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Will's big brother has been shot and killed. According to the rules that Will has been taught, it is now his job to kill the person responsible. He easily finds his brother's gun and gets on the elevator to head down from his eigth-floor apartment. But it's a long way down to the ground floor.
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Links of Interest:
Author website: jasonwritesbooks.com
Educator's Guide: HERE
Interview on Daily Show with Trevor Noah: HERE
Interview with the Washington Post on reluctant readers: HERE
Interview with LA Review of Books on gun violence & trauma: HERE
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