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What They Found . . .
All the stories that truly touch us, that we care for deeply, are love stories. They might be stories of how a woman loves a man, or the love that keeps a family together in hard times, or even the love of a soldier for his country. But it is love that we long for, that makes us whole. In my mind life is about the discovery that love exists in every city, in every state, and in every town and village throughout the world.
Sometimes, when the headlines only scream about the violence in our... Read More
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Hoops
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 15, 1983
Price: $6.50
All eyes are on seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson while he practices with his team for a city-wide basketball Tournament of Champions. His coach, Cal, knows Lonnie has what it takes to be a pro-basketball player, but warns him about giving in to the pressure. Cal knows because he, too, once had the... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 15, 1983
Price: $6.50
All eyes are on seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson while he practices with his team for a city-wide basketball Tournament of Champions. His coach, Cal, knows Lonnie has what it takes to be a pro-basketball player, but warns him about giving in to the pressure. Cal knows because he, too, once had the... Read more >
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145th Street: Short Stories
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $6.50
A salty, wrenchingly honest collection of stories set on one block of 145th Street. We get to know the oldest resident; the cop on the beat; fine Peaches and her girl, Squeezie; Monkeyman; and Benny, a fighter on the way to a knockout. We meet Angela, who starts having prophetic dreams... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $6.50
A salty, wrenchingly honest collection of stories set on one block of 145th Street. We get to know the oldest resident; the cop on the beat; fine Peaches and her girl, Squeezie; Monkeyman; and Benny, a fighter on the way to a knockout. We meet Angela, who starts having prophetic dreams... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: December 2, 1990
Price: $5.99
An ALA Notable Children's Book. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: December 2, 1990
Price: $5.99
An ALA Notable Children's Book. Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Outside Shot
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1986
Price: $6.99
When Lonnie Jackson leaves Harlem for a basketball scholarship to a midwestern college, he know he must keep his head straight and his record clean. That's the only way he'll have a chance of making it to the pros someday.
But his street smarts haven't prepared him for the pressures of tough... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1986
Price: $6.99
When Lonnie Jackson leaves Harlem for a basketball scholarship to a midwestern college, he know he must keep his head straight and his record clean. That's the only way he'll have a chance of making it to the pros someday.
But his street smarts haven't prepared him for the pressures of tough... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Darnell Rock Reporting
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: February 1, 1996
Price: $5.99
DARNELL ROCK IS not the kind of kid who volunteers to write for the newspaper—it sounds too much like homework. But this is Darnell’s last chance to pull himself together and make a positive contribution to his school. At first, Darnell would rather be hanging out with his sister and his... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: February 1, 1996
Price: $5.99
DARNELL ROCK IS not the kind of kid who volunteers to write for the newspaper—it sounds too much like homework. But this is Darnell’s last chance to pull himself together and make a positive contribution to his school. At first, Darnell would rather be hanging out with his sister and his... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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What They Found
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $8.99
WALTER DEAN MYERS returns to the world of 145th Street: Short Stories to show how love can be found, and thrive, in the most unlikely places. Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles to stay alive in a war he doesn't want to fight, and Letha discovers her own beauty... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $8.99
WALTER DEAN MYERS returns to the world of 145th Street: Short Stories to show how love can be found, and thrive, in the most unlikely places. Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles to stay alive in a war he doesn't want to fight, and Letha discovers her own beauty... Read more >
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Monster
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $19.95
BONUS FEATURE: Afterword read by the author
Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I’ll call it what the lady who is... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $19.95
BONUS FEATURE: Afterword read by the author
Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I’ll call it what the lady who is... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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Riot
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.00
During a long, hot July in 1863, the worst race riots the United States has ever seen erupt in New York City. Earlier that year, desperate for more Union soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln instituted a draft–a draft that would allow the wealthy to escape serving in the army by paying a... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.00
During a long, hot July in 1863, the worst race riots the United States has ever seen erupt in New York City. Earlier that year, desperate for more Union soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln instituted a draft–a draft that would allow the wealthy to escape serving in the army by paying a... Read more >
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What They Found
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $15.99
WALTER DEAN MYERS returns to the world of 145th Street: Short Stories to show how love can be found, and thrive, in the most unlikely places. Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles to stay alive in a war he doesn't want to fight, and Letha discovers her own beauty... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $15.99
WALTER DEAN MYERS returns to the world of 145th Street: Short Stories to show how love can be found, and thrive, in the most unlikely places. Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles to stay alive in a war he doesn't want to fight, and Letha discovers her own beauty... Read more >
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145th Street: Short Stories
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 160 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $18.99
A salty, wrenchingly honest collection of stories set on one block of 145th Street. We get to know the oldest resident; the cop on the beat; fine Peaches and her girl, Squeezie; Monkeyman; and Benny, a fighter on the way to a knockout. We meet Angela, who starts having prophetic dreams... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 160 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $18.99
A salty, wrenchingly honest collection of stories set on one block of 145th Street. We get to know the oldest resident; the cop on the beat; fine Peaches and her girl, Squeezie; Monkeyman; and Benny, a fighter on the way to a knockout. We meet Angela, who starts having prophetic dreams... Read more >
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What They Found
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 256 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $18.99
WALTER DEAN MYERS returns to the world of 145th Street: Short Stories to show how love can be found, and thrive, in the most unlikely places. Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles to stay alive in a war he doesn't want to fight, and Letha discovers her own beauty... Read more >
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 256 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $18.99
WALTER DEAN MYERS returns to the world of 145th Street: Short Stories to show how love can be found, and thrive, in the most unlikely places. Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles to stay alive in a war he doesn't want to fight, and Letha discovers her own beauty... Read more >
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Darnell Rock Reporting
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $5.99
DARNELL ROCK IS not the kind of kid who volunteers to write for the newspaper—it sounds too much like homework. But this is Darnell’s last chance to pull himself together and make a positive contribution to his school. At first, Darnell would rather be hanging out with his sister and his... Read more >
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $5.99
DARNELL ROCK IS not the kind of kid who volunteers to write for the newspaper—it sounds too much like homework. But this is Darnell’s last chance to pull himself together and make a positive contribution to his school. At first, Darnell would rather be hanging out with his sister and his... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $5.99
An ALA Notable Children's Book.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $5.99
An ALA Notable Children's Book.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Outside Shot
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $6.99
When Lonnie Jackson leaves Harlem for a basketball scholarship to a midwestern college, he know he must keep his head straight and his record clean. That's the only way he'll have a chance of making it to the pros someday.
But his street smarts haven't prepared him for the pressures of tough... Read more >
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $6.99
When Lonnie Jackson leaves Harlem for a basketball scholarship to a midwestern college, he know he must keep his head straight and his record clean. That's the only way he'll have a chance of making it to the pros someday.
But his street smarts haven't prepared him for the pressures of tough... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
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What They Found
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $8.99
WALTER DEAN MYERS returns to the world of 145th Street: Short Stories to show how love can be found, and thrive, in the most unlikely places. Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles to stay alive in a war he doesn't want to fight, and Letha discovers her own beauty... Read more >
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $8.99
WALTER DEAN MYERS returns to the world of 145th Street: Short Stories to show how love can be found, and thrive, in the most unlikely places. Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles to stay alive in a war he doesn't want to fight, and Letha discovers her own beauty... Read more >
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Riot
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $13.00
During a long, hot July in 1863, the worst race riots the United States has ever seen erupt in New York City. Earlier that year, desperate for more Union soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln instituted a draft–a draft that would allow the wealthy to escape serving in the army by paying a... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $13.00
During a long, hot July in 1863, the worst race riots the United States has ever seen erupt in New York City. Earlier that year, desperate for more Union soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln instituted a draft–a draft that would allow the wealthy to escape serving in the army by paying a... Read more >
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145th Street: Short Stories
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $6.50
A salty, wrenchingly honest collection of stories set on one block of 145th Street. We get to know the oldest resident; the cop on the beat; fine Peaches and her girl, Squeezie; Monkeyman; and Benny, a fighter on the way to a knockout. We meet Angela, who starts having prophetic dreams... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $6.50
A salty, wrenchingly honest collection of stories set on one block of 145th Street. We get to know the oldest resident; the cop on the beat; fine Peaches and her girl, Squeezie; Monkeyman; and Benny, a fighter on the way to a knockout. We meet Angela, who starts having prophetic dreams... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding and a
paperback.
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Monster
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $9.98
BONUS FEATURE: Afterword read by the author
Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I’ll call it what the lady who is... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $9.98
BONUS FEATURE: Afterword read by the author
Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I’ll call it what the lady who is... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD.
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