#BlackLivesMatter is being chanted once again. This time it is unarmed, thirteen year old girl. Will the officer who discharged his weapon in the name of self-defense be acquitted or will there be justice for young Shae?
In HOW IT WENT DOWN, Tariq is the victim of a police shooting. Author Kekla Magoon revisits the same neighborhood in LIGHT IT UP. Late in the afternoon Shae is hurrying home. Listening to her headphones may have meant she didn't hear the police officer, but that wasn't reason enough to be shot in the back.
LIGHT IT UP tells of the unrest in the Underhill community after yet another young black teen is killed. Alternating voices including Shae's best friend, a community organizer, the police officer and his daughter, and many more spill their feelings across the pages of this powerful book. Magoon brings an all too common tragedy to life on the pages of her newest novel. LIGHT IT UP is a necessary read and should be in libraries and classrooms everywhere.
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