- Title:
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Long Way Down (MP3)
- Written by:
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Jason Reynolds
- Read by:
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Jason Reynolds
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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1 hours 43 minutes
- MP3 size:
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74 MB
- Published:
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November 01 2020
- Available Date:
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November 01 2020
- Age Category:
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Young Adult (15+)
- ISBN:
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9781867501909
- Genres:
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Fiction; Young Adult Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
#1 New York Times bestselling author
Winner CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2022
An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestseller Jason Reynolds's fiercely stunning novel that takes place in 60 potent seconds – the time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he's going to murder the guy who killed his brother.
And then there were shots
Everybody
ran,
ducked,
hid, tucked
themselves tight.
Pressed our lips to the
pavement and prayed
the boom, followed by
the buzz of a bullet,
didn't meet us.
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.
This haunting, lyrical, powerful verse novel will blow you away.
'A masterpiece from beginning to end.'
Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Hate U Give and Concrete Rose
'Told in free-verse poems, this is a raw, powerful, and emotional depiction of urban violence. This astonishing book will generate much needed discussion.'
Kirkus Reviews
'This verse novel deals movingly with the difficult subject of gang violence.'
Guardian