An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is Jason Reynolds's fiercely stunning novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds--the time it takes a young man to decide whether or not he's going to kill the person who murdered his brother. Told in short, fierce staccato narrative verse, Long Way Down is a fast and furious, dazzlingly brilliant look at teenage gun violence, as could only be told by Jason Reynolds.
year: 2020, 2022
call number/section: 741.5, 1000, 741.59, 3, 8
subjects: brothers, comic books, strips, etc, conduct of life, ghosts, murder, revenge, juvenile fiction, fiction, cartoons and comics, gun violence, ghost comics, graphic novel adaptations, graphic novels
Editions
Reynolds, Jason
Simon & Schuster (2020)
An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is Jason Reynolds's fiercely stunning novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds--the time it takes a young man to decide whether or not he's going to kill the person who murdered his brother. Told in short, fierce staccato narrative verse, Long Way Down is a fast and furious, dazzlingly brilliant look at teenage gun violence, as could only be told by Jason Reynolds.
Schools: 70
Reynolds, Jason
Atheneum, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Pub. Division (2022)
As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.
Schools: 2