Long Way Down
By Jason Reynolds
Synopsis
After Will's brother is shot in a gang crime, he knows the next steps. Don't cry. Don't snitch. Get revenge. So he gets in the lift with Shawn's gun, determined to follow The Rules. Only when the lift door opens, Buck walks in, Will's friend who died years ago. And Dani, who was shot years before that. As more people from his past arrive, Will has to ask himself if he really knows what he's doing.
Setting
Fictional city
Themes
Grief
Morality
Gang/knife culture
Genre
Coming of Age
Realist Literature
Verse novel
Educational Aspects
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Links to PSHE/English Curriculum
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Engaging for reluctant readers