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How It Went Down

By Kekla Magoon
Edition

Hardcover edition

Publisher Macmillan Imprint Henry Holt ISBN

9780805098693

Awards and Honors 2019 Golden Archer Award Nominee Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Books of 2014
2015 Coretta Scott King Award, Author, Honor
Winner, IRA Notable Books for a Global Society, 2015
YALSA’s 2015 Best Fiction for Young Adults
The New York Public Library, Best Books for Teens 2014
Capitol Choices 2015
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Young Adult Fiction

How It Went Down

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Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse,Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Marijuana Use,Language: Strong Language,Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes

2015 Coretta Scott King Award, Author, Honor


Controversy erupts when sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson is killed by an older, white man. Everyone seems to have an opinion on why Tariq was shot—and who he really was.
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