How it went down

By: Kekla Magoon

Published by Square Fish, 2015-12-15

<p><b>A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book<br></b><br>When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The shooter, Jack Franklin, is white.<br><br>In the aftermath of Tariq's death, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events line up. Day by day, new twists further obscure the truth.<br><br>Tariq's friends, family, and community struggle to make sense of the tragedy, and to cope with the hole left behind when a life is cut short. In their own words, they grapple for a way to say with certainty: This is how it went down.<br><br><i>How It Went Down</i> is a timely story by acclaimed author Kekla Magoon who won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for <i>The Rock and the River</i>, and whose book <i>X :A Novel</i> (written with Ilyasah Shabazz) was longlisted for the National Book Award.<br><br>This title has Common Core connections.</p>