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Myers, Walter Dean
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Street LoveThis story told in free verse is set against a background of street gangs and poverty in Harlem in which seventeen-year-old African American Damien takes a bold step to ensure that he and his new love |
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Autobiography of My Dead BrotherJesse pours his heart and soul into his sketchbook to make sense of life in his troubled Harlem neighborhood and the loss of a close friend. |
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MonsterWhile on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the cou |
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ShooterWritten in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting. |
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ScorpionsAfter reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he acquires a gun--until a tragedy occurs. |
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The Outside ShotRecruited by a small midwestern college to play basketball, a Harlem boy has many new experiences, including working with a child who needs physical therapy and dealing with corruption in college spor |
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HoopsA teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from rep |
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Fallen AngelsSeventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam. |
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Bad BoyAuthor Walter Dean Myers describes his childhood in Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s, discussing his loving stepmother, his problems in school, his reasons for leaving home, and his beginnings as a write |
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MonsterWhile on trial as an accomplice to a murder, 16 year-old Steve records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life |
