NPR Ed Thinking Of Leaving Home? Here's A Bit Of Advice From Young Adult Authors you're, like, 'Whoa, my entire life could have changed.' " "When you start to sort of work through those things and you come back to reality. ![]() ![]() "I'm grateful that we didn't do the thing that we thought we were going to do," Reynolds says. Those rules ring true to Reynold's own experience: At 19, one of his best friends was murdered, and he considered revenge himself. "There's a code of conduct, and what those rules are is number one, no crying, number two, no snitching, and number three, always seek revenge." "Will is growing up in a community where there are certain rules," Reynolds says. It happens in an elevator - teenaged Will is on his way to take revenge for the murder of his brother, but his plan is interrupted by a few visitors on the way down to the ground floor. Jason Reynolds' new novel Long Way Down is focused on a moment of decision. ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Long Way Down Author Jason Reynolds
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