There's infrequent strong language (including one-time uses of "s-t" and "f-rs"), adult drinking, and smoking by teen and adult ghosts. Multiple incidents of shootings, death, and grief are recalled and described. Almost the whole novel takes place in the span of the 60-second ride from the seventh floor to the lobby, as Will's past and "The Rules" he's learned about being tough flash before him, aided by conversations with the ghosts of friends and relatives who were victims of gun violence. Determined to avenge his 19-year-old brother's death, Will, age 15, takes his brother's gun out of their shared bedroom to kill the person he's certain is the murderer, but it's a long way down in the elevator. It's a novel in free verse that tells the story of an African American teen boy at a crossroads. Parents need to know that Jason Reynolds' Long Way Down won a 2018 Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King Author Honor, and Michael L. Will's Uncle Mark sold drugs on the corner.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Adults and teens (who are ghosts) smoke cigarettes.
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