Monster is a young adult drama novel by american author walter dean myers and was published by harpercollins in 1999. It is a treat to read the conversations between the young mark and langston hughes. Booklist, editors choice 1999the main character is a teenage boy accused. Through the years, walter dean myers has written dozens of books for children and young adults. Walter dean myers gives us the harlem renaissance as seen through the eyes of a tremendously likeable main character. Acclaimed writer walter dean myers celebrates the people of harlem with these powerful and soulful firstperson poems in the voices of the residents who make up the legendary neighborhood. Walter dean myers was a writer of childrens books best known for young adult literature. Harlem walter dean myers they took to the road in waycross, georgia skipped over the tracks in east st. He was born in martinsburg, west virginia, but was raised in harlem. Walter dean myers central rappahannock regional library. Living in new york, walter dean myers, harlem is an especially good book to know about. A hot new artist and his distinguished father fashion a picture book with a stirring sound at its center. I have kids coming in needing books on different new york communities all the time. Louis took the bus from holly springs hitched a ride from gees bend took the long way through memphis the third deck down from trinidad a wrench of heart from gorree island a wrench of heart from gorree island to a place called harlem.
A memoir 2001 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. Walter dean myers, a bestselling childrens book author whose crystalline prose often depicted the gritty lives of young people, died on. I would take a paper bag to the library and put the books in the bag and bring. He was the author of two newbery honor books and six coretta scott king awardees. Myers, now a prolific and awardwinning childrens book author. School is hard enough, but when youre misfits on a mission, youre r. Christopher myers boldly assembled collage art resonates with feeling, and tells a tale all its own. Walter dean myers calls to life the deep, rich, and hopefilled history of harlem, this crucible of american culture. Slam lives in harlem and attends the prestigious magnet school latimer in the south bronx. Your local source since one dollar thursday, may 30, 20 a wappor1s company a chcago suntmes publication niles.