Children Under FireLonglisted for the PEN John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction * Winner of the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice Based on the acclaimed seriesa finalist for the Pulitzer Prizean intimate account of the devastating effects of gun violence on our nations children, and a call to action for a new way forward In 2017, seven year old Ava in South Carolina wrote a letter to Tyshaun, an eight year old boy from Washington, DC.

frightening

we can learn to ignore the ephemera

’s explosive sequel picks up the story of Paul “Power” Clay and Tanya “Beauty” Long

an infamous Italian crime organization

No surprises

even nobler

More than mindlessly following orders

sugar (can't be too sweet)

the on-court antics

the incredible difference one human being can have on other lives—and that they have all they could ask for

charmingly bizarre stories that promise to burrow their way into your heart and

And just when she thinks it can't get worse