145th Street: Short Stories
Short Stories
$27.50
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2012
Summary
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 Review
On 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 invited. Meet Kitt…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780307976109 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0307976106 |
| Author: | Walter Dean Myers |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2012 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 11mm |
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Critics Review
An ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults
AWARDS FOR WALTER DEAN MYERS:
New York Times Bestselling Author
3-Time National Book Award Finalist
Michael L. Printz Award
5 Coretta Scott King Awards
2 Newbery Honors
National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature (2012-2013)
Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement
Children’s Literature Legacy Award
PRAISE FOR WALTER DEAN MYERS:
“Myers has a great natural style … and is completely at home in a Harlem depicted without adulation but with great affection.” —The Horn Book Magazine, Starred
“Readers will find that they could settle in for hours and take it all in.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred
“Fast, wry, and honest … the search for personal identity is at the heart of this lyrical collection, and so is the sense of the place.” —Booklist, Boxed
About The Author
Walter Dean Myers
1937-2014
Walter Dean Myers’s fiction and nonfiction books have reached millions of young people. A prolific author of more than one hundred titles, he received every major award in the field of children’s literature. He wrote two Newbery Honor Books, eleven Coretta Scott King Award winners, three National Book Award finalists, and the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. He also received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults and was the first recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. He was a 2010 United States nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Award numerous times. From 2012 to 2013, he served as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature with the platform “Reading is not optional.” In his most-beloved books, Walter explored the themes of taking responsibility for your life and that everyone always gets a second chance.
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