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Long Way Down

Written by: Jason Reynolds
Narrated by: Jason Reynolds
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A Newbery Honor Book
A Coretta Scott King Honor Book
A Printz Honor Book
A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)

New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds’s “tour de force” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) novel in verse takes place in sixty potent seconds: the time it takes a kid to go down an elevator—and decide whether or not he’s going to murder the guy who killed his brother.

Will’s older brother, Shawn, has been shot.
Dead.
Will feels a sadness so great, he can’t explain it. But in his neighborhood there are THE RULES:

No. 1: Crying.
Don’t.
No matter what.

No. 2: Snitching
Don’t.
No matter what.

No. 3: Revenge
Do.
No matter what.

So fifteen-year-old Will puts a gun in the waistband of his jeans and sets out to do just that. Avenge his brother. But when he gets on the elevator, it inexplicably stops on every floor, and each time, a different person—each connected to his brother—steps on. And each person gives Will a bigger piece of the story than the one he thinks he knows. A story that might never know an END…if Will gets off that elevator.

Not to mention that each person who gets on that elevator is…dead.

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. Difficult Situations Family Family & Relationships Literature & Fiction Classics

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Froze and buffered around 26 min and couldn't get it working again. disappointed. had to go buy a new one. so good that the author reads it. would have been 5/5 if it worked

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I honestly never usually like books but this book was AMAZING. I have never read such a deep book. It was a very quick read which I didn’t like because I just wanted more. I listened to the whole thing in almost one sitting and I can say that it is a perfect book for a teenager.

Best book ever

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I tried to listen to this while I was busy doing tasks around the house, which is the way I listen to must audiobooks, but I found myself so captivated by this story that I just sat and listened. Most audiobooks don't hold me for more than half an hour or so. This one didn't let me go until it was over. And my heartstrings are still thrumming. Wow.

Be prepared to feel this one deeply.

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