![]() I am a product of Harlem and of the values, color, toughness and caring that I found there as a child. Myers lives with his family in Jersey City, New Jersey. He helped establish the Walter Dean Myers Publishing Institute, part of the Langston Hughes Childrens Literature Festival, and makes frequent appearances with the National Basketball Associations "Read to Achieve" program. ![]() Martin Luther King: Ive Seen The Promised Land and Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly,illustrated by Leonard Jenkins and Blues Journey and the Caldecott Honor Book Harlem: A Poem, both illustrated by Christopher Myers. His picture books include Jane Addams Childrens Book Award winner Patrol: An American Soldier In Vietnam,illustrated by Ann Grifalconi Dr. Printz Award, a National Book Award Finalist, Coretta Scott King Honor Book, and Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book The Dream Bearer Handbook for Boys Bad Boy: A Memoir and the Newbery Honor Books Scorpionsand Somewhere in the Darkness. Walter Dean Myers is the acclaimed author of Monster,the first winner of the Michael L. Books for Reluctant Young Readers), and 2000 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA) Synopsis ![]() Printz Award 2000, 2000 Coretta Scott King Award Author Honor Book, 2000 Quick Picks for Young Adults (Recomm. Printz Award, 1999 National Book Award Finalist, 01 Heartland Award for Excellence in YA Lit Finalist, 00-01 Tayshas High School Reading List, and 00-01 Black-Eyed Susan Award MasterlistĢ000 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA), Hornbook Fanfare 2000, Michael L. This compelling novel is Walter Dean Myers's writing at its best.Ģ000 Coretta Scott King Honor Book, 2000 Michael L. But despite his efforts, reality is blurred and his vision obscured until he can no longer tell who he is or what is the truth. He writes it all down, scene by scene, the story of how his whole life was turned around in an instant. For the first time, Steve is forced to think about who he is as he faces prison, where he may spend all the tomorrows of his life.Īs a way of coping with the horrific events that entangle him, Steve, an amateur filmmaker, decides to transcribe his trial into a script, just like in the movies. Guilty or innocent, Steve becomes a pawn in the hands of "the system," cluttered with cynical authority figures and unscrupulous inmates, who will turn in anyone to shorten their own sentences. A Harlem drugstore owner was shot and killed in his store, and the word is that Steve served as the lookout. Sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder. It probably depends on what you mean by "win." You let the jury know that you think the case is a serious as they do. When you're in court, you sit there and pay attention. Both you and this king character are on trial for felony murder. Let me make sure you understand what's going on. Kathy O'Brien, Steve's lawyer, is all business as she talks to Steve. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me. ![]() Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. ![]()
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