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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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145th Street: Short Stories
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Paperback

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
 





145th Street: Short Stories
Written by Walter Dean Myers
eBook

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
 





145th Street: Short Stories
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Hardcover Library Binding

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
 





Darnell Rock Reporting
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Trade Paperback

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
 





Darnell Rock Reporting
Written by Walter Dean Myers
eBook

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
 





Hoops
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Paperback

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
 





Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid
Written by Walter Dean Myers
eBook

An ALA Notable Children's Book.


From the Trade Paperback edition. Read More
 





Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Trade Paperback

An ALA Notable Children's Book. Read More
 





The Outside Shot
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Paperback

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
 





The Outside Shot
Written by Walter Dean Myers
eBook

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
 





What They Found
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Trade Paperback

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
 





What They Found
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Hardcover Library Binding

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
 





What They Found
Written by Walter Dean Myers
eBook

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
 





What They Found
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Hardcover

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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