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Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me. MONSTER.FADE IN: INTERIOR COURT. A guard sits at a desk behind Steve. Kathy O'Brien, Steve's lawyer, is all business as she talks to Steve.O'BRIENLet me make sure you understand what's going on. Both you and this...

A provocative new novel from the national ambassador for young people's literature and the New York Times bestselling author of MonsterWho's on top of the social food chain? How do you get ahead? Who makes the rules? Who needs to follow them?Paul DuPree is working at a soup kitchen in Harlem the summer his father dies, just trying to get by. But Elijah, the soup man, won't stop talking about the social contract and asking Paul questions about ...

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Now available in Spanish, this Newbery Honor Book features 15-year-old Jimmy, who's not seen his father, Crab, since he was a baby. Crab has been in prisonfor the past nine years and is now ill. He escapes to clear his name and earnhis son's love and respect.

Meyers' award-winning biography of Malcolm X--a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, an ALA Notable Children's Book and Best Book for Young Adults, and a Library of Congress Children's Book of the Year--is reissued as part of the Scholastic Focus publishing program. Photos.

From the award-winning father and son team who delivered Blues Journey, this new presentation of poetry and paintings explores the history and development of jazz music.

Inspired by Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology, Walter Dean Myers gives voices to residents of the Harlem community in which he grew up. Period photographs accompany the varied poems, each about a resident of Harlem, and together, evoke the multiplicity of the place and time -- 53 people, from student to teacher, from hairdresser to mail carrier, from live-in maid to jazz artist. The result is stunning - and memorable.

The go-to Frederick Douglass biography for younger students” (Booklist starred review).In this powerful picture book biography, New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers and acclaimed artist Floyd Cooper take readers on an inspiring journey through the life of Frederick Douglass.Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in the South, taught himself to read, and grew up to become an icon. He was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a...

A new edition of the award-winning father-son collaboration that celebrates the great American art form.Walter Dean Myers was one of the best-loved and most influential writers of his generation. Originally published 15 years ago, this Coretta Scott King Honoree Jazz now features a new introduction about the ground-breaking author written by his son, Christopher. In this book that sings with the rhythm and wordplay of jazz, fifteen poems, are ...

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From a "New York Times"-bestselling author comes an innovative novel about the Civil War draft riots in New York City. Tackling hotbed issues of war, race, justice, and equality, Myers chronicles this forgotten moment in history in the same groundbreaking style of his "Monster.

From the award-winning author of Monster, this collection of powerful and poignant stories about 145th Street-an unforgettable block in the heart of Harlem-celebrates African-American life in all of its glory."Myers is a master." -The New York Times Book ReviewOn Harlem's 145th Street, things happen that don't happen anywhere else in the world. Get to know Big Joe, who's throwing his own funeral while he's here to enjoy it, and everyone's invi...

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All eyes are on 17-year-old Lonnie Jackson while he practices with his team for a citywide basketball Tournament of Champions. His coach, Cal, knows Lonnie has what it takes to be a pro-basketball player, but warns him about giving in to the pressure. Cal knows because he, too, once had the chance--but sold out.

Meyers' award-winning biography of Malcolm X--a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, an ALA Notable Children's Book and Best Book for Young Adults, and a Library of Congress Children's Book of the Year--is reissued as part of the Scholastic Focus publishing program. Photos.

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This inspiring biography of Muhammad Ali--Olympic gold medalist, former heavyweight champion, and one of the most influential people of all time--from legendary two-time Newbery Honoree Myers is reissued under for a new generation.

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