Book Review: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

ALL HEARTRENDING = ENTHRALLING READ

Award winner.

Coretta Scott King Honor

Newbery Honor

Printz Honor

Walter Dean Myer Award

Written in free verse

(which is not my thing),

I sat down one morning

to try and force my way through.

But before I knew it

I couldn’t turn the pages

fast enough to

keep the story going.           

Brother Shawn murdered and

Will knows the neighborhood rules:

    1.   Crying. Don’t.

No matter what.

    2.   Snitching. Don’t.

No Matter what.

    3.   Revenge. Do.

    No matter what.

So he finds his brother’s gun

and he’s on his way

to right a wrong

when the elevator

sets him on an otherworldly trip.

From the 8^th floor to

the ground floor, the deceased

will step on with a little word

or two for Will.

Don’t want to give

too much away.

You need to experience

this book for yourself.

See the cycle

of violence some live

each day.

What does Will do?

Follow the

neighborhood rules

or break the cycle?

No regrets 

will you experience

from having read

this novel.