Make educational timelines or create a timeline for your company website. Coachs new offense has made another player a star, and drew wont let anyone disrespect his game. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. Although walter dean myers has published articles and short stories in the liberator, black world, and black arts south, his primary achievement is the juvenile books in which he attempts to touch the lives of black children. The authors knowledge of basketball shows in the expertly realized game sequences. The setting is in a run down part of town in a big city that was unginven. Author walter dean myerss complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. Some of the published credits of walter dean myers include ida b. Walter dean myers august 12, 1937 to july 1, 2014 is the winner of the first 2010 coretta scott king virginia hamilton award for lifetime achievement.
Our online walter dean myers trivia quizzes can be adapted to suit your requirements for taking some of the top walter dean myers quizzes. The driver is yearold kevin johnson, with passenger christy mcnamara, a girl his age. Kick also shows his understanding of the workings of the teen brain. Its all up to drew to find out just how deep his game really is.
Walter dean myers is the critically acclaimed new york times bestselling author of more than eighty books for children and young adults, including sunrise over. Walter dean myers books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography. Rather it is the story of a gifted, complex person committed to sharing that gift with young readers. National ambassador for young peoples literature walter dean myers to be. The late walter dean myers wrote in the language of teens. Walter dean myers is a published author of childrens books and young adult books. Walter dean myers books, biography, contact information. Discussion guide discussion guide for the cruisers by walter dean myers examine democracy and freedom of speech while building background knowledge on the civil war with these questions and activities for the book the cruisers. He attended stuyvesant high school until the age of seventeen when he joined the army. The police spot a ford taurus with no headlights on weaving down a street, and when the officer puts his lights on, the driver of the ford brakes, speeds up and drives into a light pole. Library announces diverse lineup of authors for 2017 national book festival. In the book kick, where does the first narrator say he went after high school. To fight back, fannie mae hired the political operator who had run walter mondales presidential campaign.
Walter dean myers, the first author to receive the ya lit lifetime achievement award, probably understands teens better than most parenting experts. Code switch myers young adult novels talked about the tough realities of urban life. Created by national book festival listen to the audio share. Theres plenty of basketball here, but, as in any good sports novel, more is going on than the sport. In hoops, myers makes the game of basketball symbolize the game of life.
Walter dean myers, a prolific author of more than one hundred titles, wrote two newbery honor books, eleven coretta scott king award winners, three national book award finalists, and the winner of the first michael l. Walter dean myers walter dean myers biography poem hunter. Walter dean myers primary author only author division. A tough childhood led him to writing and his school teachers would encourage him in this habit as a way to express himself. Sidney aronofsky is one of the best chess players under age 16 in both the city and.
Walter dean myers, beloved and deeply respected childrens book author, died on july 1, 2014, following a brief illness. August 12, 1937 july 1, 2014 was an american writer of childrens books best known for young adult literature. Slam by walter dean myers timeline created by pakorin. Walter dean myers answers questions about his writing process, his books, and his childhood. Walter dean myers was born august 12, 1937, in martinsburg, west virginia. It is an incredible story, and i highly recommend it to anyone who loves basketball, and. This biography has detailed information about his childhood, profile, career and timeline. In the book kick, who does the first narrator say he had been friends with since they played high school basketball together. Accelerated reader book list whitefish middle school. Social justice in childrens and young adult literature. Kick by walter dean myers overdrive rakuten overdrive. Let the truth be told by walter dean myers, illustrated by bonnie christensen.
Make an entry that describes your thoughts and feelings as you complete each chapter. He was born in martinsburg, west virginia, but was raised in harlem. He was born in martinsburg, west virginia, but was raised in harlem, new york city. Nesbitt, the owner of a drugstore in harlem, was found dead by a gunshot in his store.
Burdened by poverty, his father sent myers to live with foster parents in new york city. Slam by walter dean myers timeline timetoast timelines. Franklin the turtle to kick off international literacy day at. The best walter dean myers books score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. I love basketball, so i picked out a basketball book, and it was called hoops by walter dean myers. Walter dean myers 19372014 was an american writer of childrens books best known for young adult literature. Game by walter dean myers lets talk about that book. Author of over seventy childrens and young adult books, walter dean myers was born walter milton myers on august 12, 1937, in martinsburg, west virginia.
Walter dean myers was born on august 12, 1937 in martinsburg, west virginia but moved to harlem with his foster parents at age three. Walter dean myers has been writing young adult books for years, this one was a bit of a change for him as he teamed up with ross workman, a teenage fan, to cowrite the book. Walter dean myers was a famous africanamerican author of novels for children and adolescents, renowned for his book monster. He wrote more than one hundred books including picture books and nonfiction, and was best known for young adult literature. The 14 times book prize winners, including steph cha, namwali serpell. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Steve gives insights into his past while the attorneys interview witnesses, though he cant figure out whether hes innocent or guilty. There were two people put on trial for this drugstore robbery, james king and steve harmon. In the second book of the cruisers series, walter dean myers explores the world of competitive chess as seen through the eyes of a group of middle school misfits. Meettheauthor movie with walter dean myers created by teachingbooks.
The year old protagonist is just trying to help a friend and keep a promise. The story line is that slam the main character is going to a new school that is a white school where he once went to a predominately was black and so is he. Kick by walter dean myers and ross workman was a bit of a slow start, but did take a great upward incline once you reached page 20. Myers stories and novels paint a powerful picture of the pressures of growing up on big city streets. Just as his team makes the playoffs, drew must come up with something big to save his fading college prospects. Walter dean myers and ross workman main protagonists and antagonists protagonists. Library of congress timeline of the civil war illustrated volume is subject of book. Kick is mainly about a great year old soccer player name kevin johnson. He may not be a straighta student, but he knows he could go pro in basketball if he gets enough attention from college scouts this year. But walter dean myers life is not the story of a tormented, embittered artist. Compare your timeline with that of others who have read the same book. Create a timeline for walter dean myers and record all of the significant events that occurred in each year of his life. Walter dean myers answers questions about his writing.
The awardwinning young adult author walter dean myers, who died on tuesday at 76, wrote an oped piece for the new york times last march in which he bemoaned the paucity of childrens books about black people. Interview with christopher and walter dean myers about we are america. Walter dean myers is the awardwinning author of over 100 books, written especially for young adults and children. Walter dean myers books, author biography, and reading level. He is the critically acclaimed new york times bestselling author an awardwinning body of work which includes, somewhere in the darkness, slam. Kick by walter dean myers is a great book for kids and older with the lexile of 710. A timeline created with timetoasts interactive timeline maker. I had a speech impediment and often found myself leading with my fists when teased. Walter dean myers biography childhood, life achievements. All eyes are on seventeenyearold lonnie jackson while he practices with hi.
In gratitude, he made dean his middle name during the 1970s. Walter dean myers was born in west virginia into a large family. The book although short and medium paced has many great connections and is wonderfully compacted with words so simple, yet when they weave them together they are most intricate. Walter dean myers was an american writer of childrens books best known for young adult literature.
Harlem summer new york, scholastic, 2007 grade level. Kick by walter dean myers by stefan rokvic on prezi. When he was two years old, his mother died, leaving his father to cope with eight children. August 12, 1937 july 1, 2014 was a writer of childrens books best known for young adult literature. Steve cant deal with jail and a trial, so he copes by treating the trial as a screenplay.
For the very first time in his decadeslong career writing for teens, acclaimed and beloved author walter dean myers writes with a teen, ross workman. Officer evans takes christy home and kevin to the bedford county juvenile detention center on a stolencar rap, driving. Walter dean myers is the 2012 20 national ambassador for young peoples literature. Walter dean myers is currently considered a single author. The words, and works, of walter dean myers the new york. A comprehensive database of walter dean myers quizzes online, test your knowledge with walter dean myers quiz questions. Kick ebook by walter dean myers 9780062069573 rakuten kobo. Hes a good kid, a great friend, and a star striker for his highland, new jersey, soccer team. In the beginning of the book, kevin is at the mall with his friends, and soon he finds out that his friend christys, mom is going to. In 1969 myers began writing childrens books after realizing that the materials available did not deliver images upon which black children could build and expand their. Myers and two of his sisters were taken in by herbert and florence dean, who, although poor, took good care of him. Walter dean myers, author winning children book author. The main protagonist in the story is kevin johnson, because he tried to help his friend christy get to her mother because she was trying to commit suicide.
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