How It Went Down

by Kekla Magoon

Book Overview

A 2015 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

One death. Two bullets. Seven eyewitnesses...with seven different stories.

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.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805098690
• ISBN13: 9780805098693
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12