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bestsellingauthorJasonReynolds’selectrifyingnovelthattakesplace insixtypotentseconds thetimeittakesakidtodecidewhetheror nothe’sgoingtomurdertheguywhokilledhisbrother.
Acannon.Astrap. Apiece.Abiscuit.
Aburner.Aheater. Achopper.Agat. Ahammer
Atool forRULE
Or,youcancallitagun.That’swhatfifteen-year-oldWillhasshovedin thebackwaistbandofhisjeans.See,hisbrotherShawnwasjust murdered.AndWillknowstherules.Nocrying.Nosnitching.Revenge.
That’swhereWill’snowheading,withthatgunshovedintheback waistbandofhisjeans,thegunthatwashisbrother’sgun.Hegetsonthe elevator,seventhfloor,stoked.Heknowswhohe’safter.Ordoeshe?
Astheelevatorstopsonthesixthfloor,oncomesBuck.Buck,Willfinds out,iswhogaveShawnthegunbeforeWilltookthegun.BucktellsWill tocheckthatthegunisevenloaded.Andthat’swhenWillseesthatone bulletismissing.AndtheonlyonewhocouldhavefiredShawn’sgun wasShawn.Huh.Willdidn’tknowthatShawnhadeveractuallyUSED hisgun.Biggerhuh.BUCKISDEAD.ButBuck’sintheelevator?
JustasWill’stryingtothinkthisthrough,thedoortothenextflooropens. Ateenagegirlgetson,wavesawaythesmokefromDeadBuck’s cigarette.Willdoesn’tknowher,butsheknewhim.Knew.Whenthey wereeight.Andstraybulletshadcutthroughtheplayground,andWill hadtriedtocoverher,butshewashitanyway,andsowhatshewantsto know,onthatfifthfloorelevatorstop,is,whatifWill,Willwiththegun shovedinthebackwaistbandofhisjeans,MISSES.
Andsoitgoes,thewholelongwaydown,astheelevatorstopsoneach floor,andateachstopsomeoneconnectedtohisbrothergetsontogive Willapiecetoabiggerstorythantheonehethinksheknows.Astory thatmightneverknowanEND…ifWillgetsoffthatelevator.
Toldinshort,fiercestaccatonarrativeverse,LongWayDownisafast andfurious,dazzlinglybrilliantlookatteenagegunviolence,ascouldonly betoldbyJasonReynolds.