Jason Reynolds' new novel Long Way Down is focused on a moment of decision ... these environments to have no excuses not to read the book. The truth of the matter is that I recognize that I ...

This year's book, "Long Way Down," follows a 15-year-old boy as he decided whether or not to revenge the death of his older brother. "This book is meant to just humanize young people who are ...

Read an excerpt from National Book Award Finalist Jason Reynolds's innovative new YA novel Long Way Down, which takes place over just 60 seconds on an elevator, and is written entirely in verse.

Raw and piercing, Long Way Down—the recipient of a Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King Honor and Michael L. Printz Honor—provides young people with the language to process violence and trauma.

With another book-TV pairing tied to this adventure ... we got Obi-wan doing TV on our piddling cable channel!”), but “Long Way Down” — which has already aired in the U.K. — manages ...