{"id":449,"date":"2018-11-14T16:49:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T16:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/?p=449"},"modified":"2019-01-15T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T16:36:09","slug":"long-way-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/2018\/11\/14\/long-way-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Content warning for explicit descriptions of gun violence\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

“An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is\u00a0New York Times\u00a0<\/i>bestseller Jason Reynolds\u2019s fiercely stunning novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds\u2014the time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he\u2019s going to murder the guy who killed his brother.” – Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

Sixteen-year-old Will’s brother has just been shot. Chronicling the moments immediately surrounding the shooting as well as the desperate elevator ride on his way to get revenge, Will is cycling through the Rules of his community:<\/p>\n

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  1. No crying.<\/li>\n
  2. No snitching.<\/li>\n
  3. Revenge.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Along the way, Will stops at each floor during this elevator ride and is confronted with someone else he knew who was lost to gun violence as well.<\/p>\n

    This book was told in absolutely stunning verse, with short, staccato lines, beautifully brushed light artwork throughout, and word choices that will take your breath away. Reynolds pulls no punches with his descriptions of violence, a powerful choice that really brings his message home. This is a quick read and an incredibly important one that is not to be missed!<\/p>\n

    Awards for it include:<\/p>\n

    Newbery Medal Nominee (2018),\u00a0National Book Award Nominee for Young People’s Literature (2017),\u00a0Odyssey Award Nominee (2018),\u00a0Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Young Adult Literature (2017),\u00a0Edgar Award for Best Young Adult (2018)<\/p>\n

    Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2018),\u00a0Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2019),\u00a0Coretta Scott King Award Nominee for Author Honor (2018),\u00a0Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Nominee (2018),\u00a0Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Poetry (2017),\u00a0NAACP Image Award Nominee for Youth\/Teens (2018)<\/div>\n
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    Call #\u00a0Fiction R3352wh<\/div>\n
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    Review by Vicki<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Content warning for explicit descriptions of gun violence\u00a0 “An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is\u00a0New York Times\u00a0bestseller Jason Reynolds\u2019s fiercely stunning novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds\u2014the time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he\u2019s going to murder the guy who killed his brother.” – Goodreads Sixteen-year-old […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,11,7,20],"class_list":["post-449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gun-violence","tag-poc-main-character","tag-poetry","tag-realistic"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":503,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}