Thursday, April 16, 2015

How It Went Down

How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon, 326 pages


Told from multiple perspectives, this is the story of Tariq, gunned down in his own neighborhood after leaving a store.  Some people claim he was carrying a gun, some people say he was unarmed.  The media is having a field day, and it appears that the police believe that Tariq is at fault and have let the shooter, Jack, go.  Although it isn’t stated the book is clearly inspired by recent events and many teens have seen or can relate to the type of events in this book.  It was gripping and realistic and one I would recommend to many high school age teens.

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