Bad Boy
A Memoir
by Walter Dean Myers
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Myers, the Coretta Scott King Award-wining author of such books as ME, MOP & THE MOONDANCE KID, NOW IS YOUR TIME! THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM, and SCORPIONS shares the story of his own childhood. Raised by a loving foster family in the Harlem section of New York City, Myers nonetheless had a difficult adolescence and is he blunt about his tendency to get into trouble during those years. Readers of Myers' fictional works will see how some real people in his life became the inspirations for some of his most famous characters.
Editions of Bad Boy
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Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Thorndike Pr |
Date 2005 |
Price $11.08 |
 Very Good |
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Publisher Findaway World Llc |
Date 2008 |
Price None Available |
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Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Harpercollins Childrens Books |
Date 2001 |
Price $4.95 |
Very Good |
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Binding/Format Reinforced Hardcover |
Publisher Harpercollins |
Date 2001 |
Price None Available |
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Publisher Amistad Pr |
Date 2002 |
Price $1.78 |
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Binding/Format Prebinding |
Publisher Bt Bound |
Date 2003 |
Price None Available |
Publisher Notes
The author relates his experiences growing up in Harlem, the home of Sugar Ray Robinson and Langston Hughes, in the 1940s and 1950s.
Media Reviews
"Myers is arguably one of he most important writers of children's books of our age...and this glimpse into his own childhood is wonderfully valuable, fascinating, and even inspiring."
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