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.
Mrs Taylor says:
A story of a 15 year old boy seeking revenge, set in a lift and told in short narrative verse. As the lift descends floor by floor Will is joined by some faces from the past as we gain insight into his life and the big decision he has to make. Amazing, thought provoking and engaging. The fast pace and subject matter would appeal to even the most hardened “non-readers”.
Toby, Y7 says:
Long Way down is a heart-shattering book about the death of Will’s older brother Shawn. It is magnificent and beautiful.
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