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Works by Walter Dean Myers (page 3)

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CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 1, 2008
Kirkus Star GAME
by Walter Dean Myers
"A good match with Myers's Monster (1999) and Slam (1996). (Fiction. 11+)"
Drew Lawson is a basketball player in Harlem with "big-money dreams." Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 11, 2007
Kirkus Star WHAT THEY FOUND: LOVE ON 145TH STREET
by Walter Dean Myers
"Gently told, beautifully modulated, these stories go straight to the heart. (Short stories. YA)"
A companion cycle to 145th Street: Short Stories (2000) examines love in its many forms in one Harlem neighborhood. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2007
HARLEM SUMMER
by Walter Dean Myers
"Peppered with hilarious dialogue and serving up an exuberant meld of fact and fiction, this works equally well as a stellar addition to the Harlem Renaissance curriculum and a just-for-fun read. (Historical fiction. 12-16)"
Set in 1925 New York, this tour de force features walk-ons by a bevy of Harlem Renaissance notables. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 31, 2006
Kirkus Star STREET LOVE
by Walter Dean Myers
"This quasi-Romeo and Juliet will easily find its place alongside Sharon Mills Draper's Romiette and Julio (1999), Myers's short story, "Kitty and Mack: a Love Story," West Side Story and of course, the Shakespearean play itself. (Fiction. YA)"
Adult and young-adult aficionados of Myers's work will find this new offering revisits issues close to the author's heart: place (Harlem with all its love and squalor), race and the court system (you've got trouble if you're black and poor and in front of a judge), values for boys of color (street crime or achievement) and love of the community. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 30, 2006
Kirkus Star JAZZ
by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers
"This offering stands as a welcome addition to the literature of jazz: In a genre all too often done poorly for children, it stands out as one of the few excellent treatments. (Picture book/poetry. 8+)"
A cycle of 15 poems and vivid, expressive paintings celebrate that most American genre of music: jazz. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 1, 2005
Kirkus Star AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY DEAD BROTHER
by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers
"Though the story is starkly realistic, there is always hope in the gifts of Jesse the artist and C. J. the musician, of schools and churches and of caring parents. (Fiction. 12+)"
Jesse and his friend C.J. are trying to come to terms with "the violence that blows through our community like the winds of winter." Read full book review >