The Rules
This rule says you shouldn't show your feelings, even when you're hurting.
What is No Crying?
He was the first ghost to get on the elevator at Floor 7.
Who is Buck?
This is when you mix up the letters of a word to make a new one.
What is an anagram?
Will says this object feels "as heavy as a newborn baby."
What is the gun?
Jason Reynolds says this type of music gave him his "voice."
What is Hip-Hop (or rap)?
This rule means you never talk to the police about what you saw.
What is No Snitching?
She was Will’s childhood friend who died on the playground.
Who is Dani?
Will uses this word to describe himself when he's feeling empty and sad.
What is Holloman (referring to "hollow man")?
This dresser part is "broken" and is where the gun was hidden.
What is the middle drawer?
This is the name of the author’s friend who was murdered in real life.
Who is Randell?
Will says the rules "weren't meant to be broken; they were meant for" these people to follow.
Who are the broken?
He wanted to make movies but ended up selling drugs instead.
Who is Uncle Mark?
This anagram describes the thin line between life and death.
What is ALIVE = A VEIL?
Will compares his grief and the pain of losing Shawn to this dental injury.
What is a pulled/lost tooth?
The entire elevator ride in the story only takes this many seconds.
What is 67 seconds?
This is the third and final rule Will feels he has to follow.
What is Get Revenge?
This ghost admits he accidentally killed the "wrong man."
Who is Pop (or Mikey)?
his poetic form uses words to make a shape, like a downward arrow.
What is concrete poetry?
his letter on the elevator button was a joke between Will and Shawn.
What is L (for loser or lobby)?
Reynolds wrote the first draft of this book in this many days.
What is 19 days?
Will says the rules are passed down like this, from father to son.
What are non-negotiable facts?
This initiate for the Dark Suns was killed by Shawn.
Who is Frick?
This anagram connects a movie theater to the "cold" reality of death.
What is CINEMA = ICEMAN?
This fills the elevator and represents how grief can "trap" someone.
What is cigarette smoke?
This talk show host interviewed Reynolds about being a "book-hater."
Who is Trevor Noah?