Jason Reynolds is a New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, National Book Award Honoree, a Kirkus Award winner, a two time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors. Give it to every teenager you know! All that, and the illustrations by Chris Priestly add to the haunting quality just perfectly.īear in mind that the themes and language are strong, so this book is best for children aged 14 plus, although a savvy 12-year-old will also relish it. He’s succeeded in his aim by a million degrees: this is one of the most exciting books written for young people or anyone.
The author Jason Reynolds has said that he planned not to write boring books, so young people who think they hate books will learn that they don’t.
You almost read it without breathing the action is so tense, the language so powerful. Written in verse, Long Way Down is breathtakingly gripping and spectacular. The entire action of the book takes place on that journey down to the ground floor.
After finding his brother’s gun, he gets in the lift from his home on the seventh floor with Shawn’s gun –and so begins a surreal journey of discovery, guided by the ghosts of other dead people in Will’s life. It deals with a very sombre matter but even such matters can be approached from a humorous angle.When Shawn, the beloved big brother of 15-year-old Will, is shot dead, Will is ready to follow "the rules" and get revenge. Whilst I stand by my 'light-hearted' remark earlier, this is not to say that it is shallow. Thus, through the chance encounter our characters realised slowly that they have something to live for and that beauty can be found in purpose and togetherness and in that problems can be faced rather than avoided taking the easy way out. The makers of this film must have faced a challenge in how to deal with a dramatic issue (suicide) but convey it in a semi comical tone without appearing to ridicule such a serious issue. Somehow their presence provided a barrier to their urge and since they survived that night, they kept in touch and tried to encourage one another.in life. It was a New Year's Eve at the top of a building, the ideal suicide spot that these four individuals encountered one another. A comedy about 4 people who are suicidal, sounds like an oxymoron doesn't it? Well, this is the issue dealt in this light hearted comedy & drama.
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