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How It Went Down

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How It Went DownA 2015 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book One death. Two bullets. Seven eyewitnesses with seven different stories. When sixteen year old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The shooter, Jack Franklin, is white. In the aftermath of Tariq's death, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events line up. Day by day, new twists further obscure the truth. Tariq's friends,

A 2015 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

One death. Two bullets. Seven eyewitnesses...with seven different stories.

When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The shooter, Jack Franklin, is white.

In the aftermath of Tariq's death, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events line up. Day by day, new twists further obscure the truth.

Tariq's friends, family, and community struggle to make sense of the tragedy, and to cope with the hole left behind when a life is cut short. In their own words, they grapple for a way to say with certainty: This is how it went down.

This title has Common Core connections.



Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 10/21/2014
ISBN: 9780805098693
Pages: 326
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.80w x 1.30d
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book
Award: Cybils - Finalist
Award: In the Margins Book Award - Winner

Review Citations: School Library Journal 08/01/2014 pg. 103
Publishers Weekly 08/25/2014
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2014 pg. 78
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2014
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2014 pg. 166
Booklist 10/01/2014 pg. 77
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2014 pg. 70 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2014 pg. 100
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 88
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2014 pg. 67
BookPage 11/01/2014
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 170202 / How It Went Down
Reading Level: 4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 8
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