How It Went Down

ISBN-10: 0805098690
ISBN-13: 9780805098693
Author: Magoon, Kekla
Illustrated by: Magoon, Kekla
Interest Level: 9-12
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company

Publication Date: October 2014

Copyright: 2014

Page Count: 336

Series: How It Went Down

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Interest Level

Grades 9-12

Reading Level

Lexile: HL560L
Accelerated Reader Level: 4.0
Accelerated Reader Points: 8.0

BISAC Subjects

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Death & Dying *

Description
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. Tariq's friends, family, and community struggle to make sense of the tragedy, and of 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.