An intense snapshot of the chain reaction caused by pulling a trigger.-Booklist (starred review) Astonishing. -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A tour de force. -Publishers Weekly (starred review) A Newbery Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Honor Book A Printz Honor Book A Time Best Ya Book of All Time (2021) A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner for Young Adult Literature Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award An Edgar Award Winner for Best Young Adult Fiction Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner An Entertainment Weekly Best Ya Book of 2017 A Vulture Best Ya Book of 2017 A Buzzfeed Best Ya Book of 2017 An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds's electrifying novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds-the time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he's going to murder the guy who killed his brother.a cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for Rule Or, you can call it a gun. That's what fifteen-year-old Will has shoved in the back waistband of his jeans. See, his brother Shawn was just murdered.