I think it is a really important book because it does make you stop and think about what you would do in that situation and it highlights the problems of gang violence without glorifying it. Although that backdrop is alien to me, I felt better informed about what it must be like to live there. It is set in United States and describes a place where gun crime is unfortunately more common than in the UK. I thought the storyline flowed naturally and was not confusing. I did not realise until after I finished reading it that Long Way Down was first published in verse, but now that I know it kind of makes sense and dictates the pace of the story. This is her website.Īlthough it is quite a chunky book I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to read and how quickly I read it as I have not picked up any graphic novels before and was a bit uncertain if I would enjoy reading it. She was awarded a 2015 New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in Literature, and was named Sarabande Books’ 2016 writer in residence. Her art and writing has been published in Best American Comics, Artforum, Esquire, VQR, Slate, Orion, Seneca Review, Ecotone Journal, and many others. Her books include A Late Freeze, Slow Storm, Refresh, Refresh (included in Best American Comics 2011), and The Undertaking of Lily Chen. So here’s what I plan to do: NOT WRITE BORING BOOKS.’Ĭheck out his website to find out more about this talented dude and his very cool books.ĭanica Novgorodoff is an artist, writer, graphic designer, and horse wrangler from Louisville, KY, currently living in Brooklyn, New York. I know that many of these book-hating boys, don’t actually hate books, they hate boredom. I know that many of these book haters are boys. Jason Reynolds is a critically acclaimed American writer and poet and winner of the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers.įrom Jason: ‘Here’s what I know: I know there are a lot – A LOT – of young people who hate reading.
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