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A cannon A strap.A piece A biscuit.A burner A heater.A chopper A gat.A hammerA toolfor RULEOr, you can call it a gun That s what fifteen year old Will has shoved in the back waistband of his jeans See, his brother Shawn was just murdered And Will knows the rules No crying No snitching Revenge That s where Will s now heading, with that gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, the gun that was his brother s gun He gets on the elevator, seventh floor, stoked He knows who he s after Or does he As the elevator stops on the sixth floor, on comes Buck Buck, Will finds out, is who gave Shawn the gun before Will took the gun Buck tells Will to check that the gun is even loaded And that s when Will sees that one bullet is missing And the only one who could have fired Shawn s gun was Shawn Huh Will didn t know that Shawn had ever actually used his gun Bigger huh BUCK IS DEAD But Buck s in the elevator Just as Will s trying to think this through, the door to the next floor opens A teenage girl gets on, waves away the smoke from Dead Buck s cigarette Will doesn t know her, but she knew him Knew When they were eight And stray bullets had cut through the playground, and Will had tried to cover her, but she was hit anyway, and so what she wants to know, on that fifth floor elevator stop, is, what if Will, Will with the gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, MISSES.And so it goes, the whole long way down, as the elevator stops on each floor, and at each stop someone connected to his brother gets on to give Will a piece to a bigger story than the one he thinks he knows A story that might never know an END if WILL gets off that elevator. Best Download Kindle ePUB Long Way Down Author Jason Reynolds – kino-fada.fr wow wow wow wow i loved this so much i ve read several books written in verse now and this one was superior to all the ones i ve read before the characters were fleshed out so well and the story itsel...Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend A haunting cautionary tale delivered in verse, in which fifteen year old Will is forced to consider the potential consequences of his actions as he, armed with a gun and seeking revenge, waits for the elevator in his building to reach the ground floor THEN THE YELLOW TAPEthat says DO NOT CROSSgets put up, and there s nothing left to do but go home That tape lets people knowthat this is a murder scene, as Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend A haunting cautionary tale delivered in verse, in which fifteen year old Will is forced to consider the potential consequences of his actions as he, armed with a gun and seeking revenge, waits for the elevator in his building to reach the ground floor THEN THE YELLOW TAPEth...Me on Page 1 Oh great, another novel in verse.Me on Page, like, 5 HOLY SHIT.Then I read the whole thing in one sitting.Incredibly powerful, beautifully written Reynolds doesn t use the device of verse as a crutch he wields it like a weap...This was so so emotional and brutal and just wow I m kind of torn with what to think though because I didn t really understand the ending I read it twice and I m still not entirely sure what happened MAYBE THIS IS JUST ME Anyway It s a book about violence and murder and it s so freaking sad Basically Will s brother Shawn was just shot and killed and Will gets his gun and goes out for revenge But he gets in the elevator to go downstairs and shoot this guyand the elevator just fills wi This was so so emotional and brutal and just wow I m kind of torn with what to think though because I didn t really understand the ending I read it twice and I m still not entirely sure what happened MAYBE THIS IS JUST ME Anyway It s a book about violence and murder and it s so freaking sad Basically Will s brother Shawn was just shot and killed and Will gets his gun and goes out for revenge But he gets in the elevator to go downstairs and shoot this guyand the elevator just fills with all these ghosts who ve been shot throughout Will s life.Things to note A there are so so many ghosts in Will s life and this makes me so sad I justB I just got really choked up when this girl steps into the elevator and Will remembers her from his childhoodthey were two kids 8 I think playing at a playground and she literally got shot and died while his big brother tried to cover them with himselfC I didn t think...240 pages67 seconds7 floors6 visitorsEach with a pieceof the storynot knownuntil now.Will grievinghis brotherwith a gunand a targetthinking he knowswhat he has to dofollowingThe Ruleswondering what to dowhoto beand what comes next.Jason Reynolds is masterful in the way he can use such sparse language in these free verse poems for such a powerful and emotional impact I m going to be talking about and sharing this book for a very long time Jason s skill at putting words together that grab your h 240 pages67 seconds7 floors6 visitorsEach with a pieceof the storynot knownuntil now.Wi...Find all of my reviews at case you haven t heard, jasonwritesbooks.com More specifically, jasonwritesIMPORTANTbooks Books that are RELEVANT and NOW and REAL and HEARTBREAKING Books that make my non book lovin kid not fight me when it comes to reading Books that give a voice to a population who so often is rendered voiceless Books that when I muttered to myself on Sunday morning what should I read next had said non book lovin kid running to his ba Find all of my reviews at case you haven t heard, jasonwritesbooks.com More specifically, jasonwritesIMPORTANTbooks Books that are RELEVANT and NOW and REAL and HEARTBREAKING Books that mak...Absolutely genius writing storytelling, plus so much heart it will drive you to your knees.That was incredibly powerful I can t wait to readfrom this author. Uncle Mark should ve just bought his camera and shot his stupid movie after the first day Unfortunately, he never shot anything ever again But my father did. This was incredible Not only is it so emotional and well developed, but oh my god, the writing is so good.Ellen Hopkins use of verse and poetry is dead and Jason Reynolds killed it, personally, by himself The double meanings alone are perfect Jason Reynolds has a way with double meanings Look at the top quote A camera shoots A man Uncle Mark should ve just bought his camera and shot his stupid movie after the first day Unfortunately, he never shot anything ever again But my father did. This was incredible Not only is it so emotional and well developed, but oh my god, the writing is so good.Ellen Hopkins use of verse and poetry is dead and Jason Reynol...ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE RULESThey weren t meant to be broken.They were meant for the brokento follow Jason Reynolds, Long Way DownLong Way Down is a novel written in verse that tells the story of fifteen year old Will who seeks to venge his murdered brother Shawn But as he takes the elevator down, with a gun tucked in his pants, it stops on each floor and a ghost from Will s past enters, all victims of gun violence, but will that be enough to change his mind This was a powerful and unique ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE RULESThey weren t meant to be broken.They were meant for the brokento follow Jason Reynolds, Long Way DownLong Way Down is a novel written in verse that tells the story of fifteen year old Will who seeks to venge his murdered brother Shawn But as he tak...

Long Way Down
  • English
  • 04 October 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 320 pages
  • 1481438255
  • Jason Reynolds
  • Long Way Down