{"product_id":"books-how-it-went-down-by-kekla-magoon","title":"How It Went Down","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTariq'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow It Went Down\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely story by acclaimed author Kekla Magoon who won the Coretta Scott King\/John Steptoe Award for \u003ci\u003eThe Rock and the River\u003c\/i\u003e, and whose book \u003ci\u003eX: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e (written with Ilyasah Shabazz) was longlisted for the National Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis title has Common Core connections.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53505555366161,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781250068231.jpg?v=1778099004","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-how-it-went-down-by-kekla-magoon","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}