Jason Reynolds Books

Will is fifteen when his brother Shawn is shot and killed. In his world, there’s no space for mourning. Tears have to be swallowed, words choked back. The rules—the ones everybody knows—stand immutable: no crying, no snitching, and always get revenge. These aren’t written anywhere, but they govern e...

From Long Way Down

On the sixth floor, Dani arrives—a name that flickers in Will’s memory before the face fully forms. She was eight when she died, a victim of a stray bullet, a girl he once promised to protect. Her smile is haunted by what could have been. She asks him, softly, whether he’s ever been on the other end...

From Long Way Down