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A teenager takes an elevator ride that gives him time to decide if he will seek revenge
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What it is about
After his brother is shot, fifteen-year-old Will gets a gun and takes the elevator from his apartment. The elevator stops at each floor, and someone from his past gets on. The book is a novel in verse and takes place in sixty seconds.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like short, strong books.
What you will get
It won a Newbery Honor in 2018.
Long Way Down Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Young Adult · Verse novel · Violence · Choice
Length
306 pages · ≈ 9 h
More about this book
Characters
Will and the people who get on the elevator.
Setting
One apartment elevator.
What makes it different
A novel in verse that takes place in a minute.
Feel
Tense, sad and powerful.
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