Long Way Down

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Elevator ride uncovers truths, challenges revenge cycle.

If you're grappling with understanding the impacts of gun violence or intrigued by the idea of a poetic journey through a young person's psyche, "Long Way Down" might resonate deeply with you. Jason Reynolds crafts a compelling narrative in a unique setting that compels you to reflect on the cycles of violence and the power of choices. The dialogue with ghosts adds a haunting, thought-provoking layer, making it more than just a story—it's an experience.

  • Newbery Medal Nominee (2018)
  • National Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature (2017)
  • Odyssey Award Nominee (2018)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2017)
  • Edgar Award for Best Young Adult (2018)
  • Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2018)
  • South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult (2020)
  • Flicker Tale Children's Book Award for Young Adult (2019)
  • Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult (2019)
  • Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2019)
  • Evergreen Teen Book Award Nominee for Middle School (2020)
  • Coretta Scott King Book Award Nominee for Author Honor (2018)
  • Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Jugendbuch (2020)
  • Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Nominee (2018)
  • California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Young Adult (2021)
  • Lincoln Award Nominee (2020)
  • Truman Readers Award Nominee (2020)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Poetry (2017)
  • Carnegie Medal Nominee (2019)
  • NAACP Image Award Nominee for Youth/Teens (2018)
  • Walter Dean Myers Award for Teen Category (2018)
  • Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2021)
  • Beste Boek voor Jongeren Nominee for Vertaald (2019)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Long Way Down

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ISBN: 9781481438254
Authors: Jason Reynolds
Date of Publication: 2017-10-24
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Young Adult, Poetry, Contemporary
Goodreads rating: 4.24
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Description

An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is New York Times bestseller Jason Reynolds’s fiercely stunning novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds—the time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he’s going to murder the guy who killed his brother. Will has a gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, the gun that was his brother’s. As he gets on the elevator, he knows who he’s after. But as the elevator stops on each floor, someone connected to his brother gets on to give Will a piece to a bigger story than the one he thinks he knows. 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.
 

Elevator ride uncovers truths, challenges revenge cycle.

If you're grappling with understanding the impacts of gun violence or intrigued by the idea of a poetic journey through a young person's psyche, "Long Way Down" might resonate deeply with you. Jason Reynolds crafts a compelling narrative in a unique setting that compels you to reflect on the cycles of violence and the power of choices. The dialogue with ghosts adds a haunting, thought-provoking layer, making it more than just a story—it's an experience.

  • Newbery Medal Nominee (2018)
  • National Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature (2017)
  • Odyssey Award Nominee (2018)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2017)
  • Edgar Award for Best Young Adult (2018)
  • Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2018)
  • South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult (2020)
  • Flicker Tale Children's Book Award for Young Adult (2019)
  • Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult (2019)
  • Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2019)
  • Evergreen Teen Book Award Nominee for Middle School (2020)
  • Coretta Scott King Book Award Nominee for Author Honor (2018)
  • Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Jugendbuch (2020)
  • Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Nominee (2018)
  • California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Young Adult (2021)
  • Lincoln Award Nominee (2020)
  • Truman Readers Award Nominee (2020)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Poetry (2017)
  • Carnegie Medal Nominee (2019)
  • NAACP Image Award Nominee for Youth/Teens (2018)
  • Walter Dean Myers Award for Teen Category (2018)
  • Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2021)
  • Beste Boek voor Jongeren Nominee for Vertaald (2019)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.