Long way down will6/12/2023 As Will rides his building’s elevator from the 7th floor to the lobby, he speaks with these various figures from his past, one for each floor, as they attempt to give him a new perspective on his life. As Will prepares to retaliate by taking the life of the suspected shooter, he is thrown into a strange experience involving encounters with several deceased relatives and friends, all of which lost their lives to violence not unlike what killed Shawn. Will’s struggles to cope with this immense loss are only further amplified by the “Rules” of his neighborhood: no crying, no snitching, and always take revenge. Will, a young teenage boy who we are told very little about, watches his older brother Shawn get brutally murdered unexpectedly by an unknown shooter. What is the book about in your own words? In 2020 Jason Reynolds was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
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