Autobiography of My Dead Brother - Couverture souple

Myers, Walter Dean

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060582936 ISBN 13 : 9780060582937

Editeur : Amistad Books for Young Readers, 2006

Synopsis

Autobiography of My Dead Brother 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.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

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.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Amistad Books for Young Readers
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060582936
• ISBN 13: 9780060582937
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Illustrateur: Myers Christopher