Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel written by Jason Reynolds and illustrated by Danica Novgoorodoff

After Will’s brother is shot in a gang crime, he knows the next steps. Don’t cry. Don’t snitch. Get revenge. So he gets in the lift with Shawn’s gun, determined to follow The Rules. Only when the lift door opens, Buck walks in, Will’s friend who died years ago. And Dani, who was shot years before that. As more people from his past arrive, Will has to ask himself if he really knows what he’s doing.
Trigger & Content Warnings
- Blood depiction
- Physical injury, including ugnshot wounds
- Dental medical procedure
- Death of a child
- Death of a sibling
- Death of a parent
- Death of a friend
- Death of an uncle
- Murder
- Gun violence