Autobiography of My Dead Brother - Brossura

Myers, Walter Dean

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0060582936 ISBN 13: 9780060582937

Casa editrice: Amistad Pr, 2006

Riassunto

Jesse pours his heart and soul into his sketchbook to make sense of life in his troubled Harlem neighborhood and the loss of his blood brother, Rise. Reprint.

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L'autore:

Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Product Description:

The thing was that me and Rise were blood brothers, but sometimes I really didn't know him. . . .As Jesse fills his sketchbook with drawings and portraits of Rise, he tries to make sense of the complexities of friendship, loyalty, and loss in a neighborhood plagued by drive-bys, vicious gangs, and abusive cops.

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• Editore: Amistad Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060582936
• ISBN 13: 9780060582937
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Disegnatore: Myers Christopher