A 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.
How It Went Down is a timely story by acclaimed author Kekla Magoon who won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for The Rock and the River, and whose book X :A Novel (written with Ilyasah Shabazz) was longlisted for the National Book Award.
This title has Common Core connections.---from the publisher
352 pages 978-1250068231 Ages 14 and up
Keywords: gun violence, death and dying, crime, community, prejudice and racism, African American male character, African American and Black stories, If You Liked Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes, If You Liked All American Boys, If You Liked The Hate U Give, 14 year old, 15 year old, 16 year old, 17 year old
