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Light It Up

By Kekla Magoon
Edition

Hardcover edition

Publisher Macmillan Imprint Henry Holt and Company, Inc. ISBN

9781250128898

Awards and Honors <i>SLJ</i> Best Books - 2019 <br> CPL Best Books - 2019

Light It Up

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CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS

Discrimination: Ableism,Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism,Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse,Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur,Language: Strong Language,Sexual Content: Strong Sexual Content/Themes,Violence: Mild Violence,Violence: Sexual Assault/Rape

A girl walks home from school. She's tall for her age. She's wearing her winter coat. Her headphones are in. She's hurrying.



She never makes it home.



In the aftermath, while law enforcement tries to justify the response, one fact remains: a police officer has shot and killed an unarmed thirteen-year-old girl. The community is thrown into upheaval, leading to unrest, a growing movement to protest the senseless taking of black lives, and the arrival of white supremacist counter demonstrators. Told in a series of vignettes from multiple viewpoints, Light It Up is a powerful, layered story about injustice and strength.
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