Light It Up (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250128898)

Told in a series of vignettes from multiple viewpoints, Kekla Magoon's Light It Up is a powerful, layered story about injustice and strength--as well as an incredible follow-up to the highly acclaimed novel How It Went Down.

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 a 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.

This title has Common Core connections.

Author: Kekla Magoon
ISBN-10: 1250128897
ISBN-13: 9781250128898
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Language: English
Published: 10/22/2019
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.7
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 507718 / Light It Up


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/05/2019
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2019 pg. 74
School Library Journal 09/01/2019 pg. 129
Booklist 09/01/2019 pg. 103
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2019
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2019 pg. 90
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author
Kekla Magoon is the author of several books for young adults, including 37 Things I Love, the Coretta Scott King Honor/John Steptoe Award-winning The Rock and the River, and the Coretta Scott King Honor book How It Went Down. She has also contributed to the anthology Dear Heartbreak: YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love. She lives in Vermont.