Bad Boy: A Memoir Paperback - 2020
by Myers, Walter Dean
- Used
From bad boy to role model, Myers recalls growing up in Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Details
- Title Bad Boy: A Memoir
- Author Myers, Walter Dean
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harpercollins Childrens Books , New York
- Date 2020-05-12
- Features Bibliography
- Bookseller's Inventory # 259892
- ISBN 9780064472883 / 0064472884
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.32 x 5 x 0.51 in (18.59 x 12.70 x 1.30 cm)
- Ages 13 to UP years
- Grade levels 8 - UP
- Reading level 970
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Authors, American - 20th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00052978
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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First line
From the rear cover
As a boy, Walter Dean Myers was quick-tempered and physically strong, always ready for a fight. He also read voraciously-he would check out books from the library and carry them home, hidden in brown paper bags in order to avoid other boys' teasing. He aspired to be a writer. But growing up in a poor family in Harlem, his hope for a successful future diminished as he came to realize fully the class and racial struggles that surrounded him. He began to doubt himself and the values that he had always relied on, attending high school less and less, turning to the streets and his books for comfort.
In a memoir that is gripping, funny, and ultimately unforgettable, Walter Dean Myers travels back to his roots in the magical world of Harlem during the 1940s and 1950s. Here is the story of one of the strongest voices in young people's literature today.
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Citations
- Kliatt, 07/01/2002, Page 36
- Publishers Weekly, 05/06/2002, Page 0
- PW Notes and Reprints, 05/06/2002, Page 60