Teen Book Club
Our Teen Services Department holds monthly book clubs at both our Milan and Berlin locations featuring titles from all genres — from the latest in fantasy and contemporary novels to literary classics.
Milan Teen Book Club
Tuesday, November 10 | 5:00PM – 6:00PM
How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
In Kekla Magoon’s How It Went Down, when 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.
In the aftermath of Tariq’s death, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events line up. By the day, new twists and turns further obscure the truth.
Tariq’s friends, family, and community struggle to make sense of the tragedy, and of 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.