A Long Way Down

'A masterpiece from beginning to end.' Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give

Informationen zum Autor Jason Reynolds is a critically acclaimed American writer and poet and winner of the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers. From 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. " This is the first of his books to be published in the UK. jasonwritesbooks.com @jasonreynolds83 Chris Priestley lives, writes, draws and paints in Cambridge. He has lived in England, Wales and Gibraltar. He left home in 1976 to go to art college in Manchester. He was there for four years before heading off to London to seek his fortune as an illustrator. He worked mainly for newspapers and magazines as an editorial illustrator, caricaturist and political cartoonist. He has always written stories, but he was an illustrator for twenty years before his first book was published. He has had at least one book published every year since and continues to illustrate as well. Klappentext This novel in verse tells the story of Will's determination to avenge his brother's gang-war demise, derailed by a series of spectacles that make Will reconsider his own perceptions. Gritty, haunting and lyrical. Zusammenfassung 'A masterpiece from beginning to end.' Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give

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'A masterpiece from beginning to end.' Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give

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Jason Reynolds is a critically acclaimed American writer and poet and winner of the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers.

From 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. "

This is the first of his books to be published in the UK.

jasonwritesbooks.com
@jasonreynolds83

Chris Priestley lives, writes, draws and paints in Cambridge. He has lived in England, Wales and Gibraltar. He left home in 1976 to go to art college in Manchester. He was there for four years before heading off to London to seek his fortune as an illustrator. He worked mainly for newspapers and magazines as an editorial illustrator, caricaturist and political cartoonist. He has always written stories, but he was an illustrator for twenty years before his first book was published. He has had at least one book published every year since and continues to illustrate as well.

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This novel in verse tells the story of Will's determination to avenge his brother's gang-war demise, derailed by a series of spectacles that make Will reconsider his own perceptions. Gritty, haunting and lyrical.

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'A masterpiece from beginning to end.' Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give