145th Street: Short Stories
$41.22
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
14 January 2020
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. M…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593119662 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0593119665 |
| Author: | Walter Dean Myers |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Delacorte Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Edition: | 20th |
| Release Date: | 14 January 2020 |
| Weight: | 326g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 139mm |
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Critics Review
“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
Walter Dean Myers was a poet, a novelist, a playwright, a musician, and an avid collector of memorabilia. He was awarded the American Library Association’s 2019 Children’s Literature Legacy Award, the inaugural Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, the inaugural Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Margaret A. Edwards Award, and the ALAN Award. His books for young adults have received numerous accolades, including two Newbery Honor Awards, eleven Coretta Scott King Author Awards and Honor Awards, and many more. 145th Street- Short Stories was a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book and an ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults and received starred reviews from the Horn Book and Publishers Weekly.
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