How It Went Down

How It Went Down

Title: How It Went Down
Author: Kekla Magoon
Release: 2014-10-21
Kind: ebook
Genre: Coming of Age Fiction for Young Adults, Books, Young Adult, Fiction for Young Adults
Size: 1424769
A 2015 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

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.

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