DDM teachers read Long Way Down, which was a novel written in verse about a boy named Will attempting to get retribution for the shooting of his older brother. As he goes along his journey to carry out this revenge plan, he encounters many individuals from his past that give him perspective on the situation.
Our other pick was Love, ish, which was sort of like The Fault in Our Stars in the sense that a terminally ill girl has cause to reassess her dreams and relationships.
Our pick to move forward is Long Way Down. It was the more compelling of the two books, and when I lent it to two of my very reluctant readers, they read the entire thing and enjoyed it. That alone tells me that this is a winner (at least in round 1)!
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