Walter Dean Myers
No. of pages 216
Published: 2008
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This book features in the following series: Teen Reads, Teen Reads Student Companions To Young Adult Literature .
There are 216 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2008 by ABC-CLIO .
Myrna Dee Marler is an associate professor of English at Brigham Young University, Hawaii campus.
This book has the following chapters: PREFACE CHAPTER ONE HIS LIFE SO FAR: HARLEM, FAMILY, ENGLISH TEACHERS, AND BASKETBALL CHAPTER TWO THE GIVER THAT KEEPS ON GIVING CHAPTER THREE A HAPPY ACCIDENT: WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS CHAPTER FOUR BASKETBALL AND THE GAME OF LIFE CHAPTER FIVE AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN AMERICAN HISTORY CHAPTER SIX THE LIVING ROOM WAR FALLEN ANGELS (1988) CHAPTER SEVEN ITS A JUNGLE OUT THERE Monster (1999) CHAPTER EIGHT DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE? SHOOTER (2004) WALTER DEAN MYERS: AWARDS WALTER DEAN MYERS: BIBLIOGRAPHY WORKS CITED
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Walter Dean Myers
This book features the character Walter Dean Myers.
"Marler analyzes the life and works of the accomplished author. The first two chapters are devoted to a brief biography and the historical and cultural influences on Myers's writing. The remainder of the volume looks at his books, including comparisons of plots and characters as well as thematic development within each novel... Throughout the book, Marler emphasizes the importance of Myer's writings and their significance to teens facing socioeconomic challenges." - School Library Journal
"Marler offers personal stories from Myers's life that served as inspiration for his books and may also serve to inspire his young readers. She describes his life growing up with the Harlem family that adopted him as a toddler, the influence of his English teachers, the role that basketball played in keeping him from the temptations of the street, the impact of the Vietnam War, which claimed his brother's life, and his career as a children's book author. Marler addresses the history of African Americans as a way of contextualizing his life and illuminating his historical fiction and nonfiction for young readers. Also in this volume are a series foreward, a preface, a bibliography, and an index." - MultiCultural Review
