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Long Way Down
(Paperback)
Jason Reynolds; Illustrated by Chris Priestley
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SHORTLISTED for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, WINNER of the UKLA 'A
masterpiece from beginning to end.' Angie Thomas, author of The
Hate U Give AND THEN THERE WERE SHOTS Everybody ran, ducked, hid,
tucked themselves tight. Pressed our lips to the pavement and
prayed the boom, followed by the buzz of a bullet, didn't meet us.
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. This haunting, lyrical, powerful verse novel will blow you
away. 'A heartrending and convincing blank verse narrative.' Sunday
Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'Astonishing.' Kirkus Reviews 'A tour de
force.' Publishers Weekly 'Will attract teenagers who don't
consider themselves 'readers'.' The Inis Reading Guide
This award-winning novel is a story of friendship, adventure and a
journey of trust. When thirteen-year-old Grants dad disappears, the
only clue to his whereabouts is R50 000 in a cell phone FLASH
account. Rather than going to his uncle in Cape Town, Grant decides
to run away to find his fisherman father. But before long he finds
himself hurt and alone on a secluded West Coast beach. Desperate to
remain hidden from the authorities, Grant seeks the help of Smiler
and Ally; but can they be trusted? Winner of the Gold Sanlam Prize
for Youth Literature (2007). This school edition of Sharkeys Son is
included in the Department of Basic Educations National Catalogue
for Senior Phase learners. It has been revised and updated with
activities for pre-reading and post-reading, questions according to
cognitive levels, glossaries and notes on the genre of the novel.
Memoranda available online at www.tafelberg.com.
Chris and Marley are in a new school, and from the word go they
discover that things are not quite the same as in other schools.
Their new friends start to behave strangely, not to mention the guy
with no hair and that weird library teacher. When they are slowly
but surely sucked into a series of disturbing events, Chris and
Marley decide to investigate – and end up in the clutches of the
lady with the purple eye. A chilling story with lots of blood
curdling surprises.
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