{"product_id":"long-way-down-winner-kate-greenaway-award","title":"Long Way Down: Winner - Kate Greenaway Award","description":"Review\n\nA moving rendition that stands on its own ― Kirkus\n\nFrom start to finish the book is a constant rollercoaster of emotions. The watercolour style of Danica Novgorodoff adds a confused and chaotic vibe to the pages, which echoes the poetic words of Jason Reynolds perfectly ― Comics in Class\n\nReynolds' gift is in the ability to write how children think ― Books for Keeps\n\nExceptional graphic novel adaptation of a ground-breaking novel-in-verse. The story is as gripping and moving as ever, its atmosphere perhaps even more poignant courtesy of Danica Novgorodoff's impactful watercolour illustrations. ― LoveReading4Kids\n\nExtremely accessible in graphic novel format. Striking ink-and-watercolour illustrations bring the setting to life, while the comic-book layout adds pace and urgency to the narrative. ― BookTrust\n\nProduct Description\n\nThe award-winning, bestselling verse novel is now a stunning graphic novel with illustrations by Danica Novgorodoff.\n\nSHORTLISTED for the CILIP Carnegie Medal\nWINNER of the Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal and UKLA\n\n'A masterpiece from beginning to end.' Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give\n\nAND THEN THERE WERE SHOTS\nEverybody\nran,\nducked,\nhid, tucked\nthemselves tight.\n\nPressed our lips to the\npavement and prayed\nthe boom, followed by\nthe buzz of a bullet,\ndidn't meet us.\n\nAfter 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.\n\nThis haunting, lyrical, powerful verse novel will blow you away.\n\n'A heartrending and convincing blank verse narrative.' Sunday Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR\n\n'Astonishing.' Kirkus Reviews\n\n'A tour de force.' Publishers Weekly\n\n'Will attract teenagers who don't consider themselves 'readers'.' The Inis Reading Guide\n\nReview\n\n'A masterpiece from beginning to end.' Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give 'A heartrending and convincing blank verse narrative.' Sunday Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR\n'Astonishing.' Kirkus Reviews\n'A tour de force.' Publishers Weekly\n'Will attract teenagers who don't consider themselves 'readers'.' The Inis Reading Guide\n\nBook Description\n\nThe award-winning, bestselling verse novel is now a stunning graphic novel with illustrations by Danica Novgorodoff\n\nAbout the Author\n\nJason Reynolds is a critically acclaimed American writer and poet and winner of the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers.\n\nFrom Jason: \"Here's what I know: I know there are a lot - A LOT - of young people who hate reading. I know that many of these book haters are boys. I know that many of these book-hating boys, don't actually hate books, they hate boredom. So here's what I plan to do: NOT WRITE BORING BOOKS. \"\n\nThis is the first of his books to be published in the UK.\n\njasonwritesbooks.com\n@jasonreynolds83\n\nDanica Novgorodoff is an artist, writer, graphic designer, and horse wrangler from Louisville, Kentucky, currently living in Brooklyn, New York. Her books include A Late Freeze; Slow Storm; Refresh, Refresh (included in Best American Comics 2011); and The Undertaking of Lily Chen. Her art and writing have been published in Best American Comics, Artforum, Esquire, VQR, Slate, Orion, Seneca Review, Ecotone Journal, and many others. She was awarded a 2015 New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in Literature, and was named Sarabande Books' 2016 writer in residence. She has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony, Blue Mountain Center, VCCA, Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, and Willapa Bay AiR. Visit her online at DanicaNovgorodoff.com.","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40271921872981,"sku":"9780571366019N","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/5f2ac6cf-445e-4bad-b389-117c3a51838b.jpg?v=1661873836","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/long-way-down-winner-kate-greenaway-award","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}