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This title in other formats:Autobiography of My Dead Brotherby Walter Dean Myers
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The thing was that me and Rise were blood brothers, but sometimes I really didn't know him. . . . And so Jesse fills his sketchbook with drawings and portraits of his blood brother, Rise, and his comic strip, Spodi Roti and Wise, as he makes sense of the complexities of friendship, loyalty, and loss in a neighborhood where drive–bys, vicious gangs, and abusive cops are everyday realities. Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers delivers an unforgettable novel about life's hardest lessons, illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Christopher Myers. Review:"Myers mines the themes he explored in his Scorpions and Monster here, but with less subtlety. Jesse, 15, chronicles the demise of his 'blood brother,' Rise, in the titular illustrated 'autobiography.' While readers do not see enough of their early friendship to understand why Jesse continues to care for Rise, what unfolds more credibly is the growing friendship between the narrator and CJ. Like Jesse, CJ joins the benign-seeming Counts, a group going back more than 40 years to the days of 'black social clubs.' However, another group member has plans other than social get-togethers. Soon Mason (who 'just felt like trouble') holds up a bodega and, after he lands in jail, expects the Counts to 'rough up' the store owner so the man won't testify. Rise winds up dealing coke, while Jesse, his mother and a cop restate the book's message that 'almost everything that was going down wrong in the hood was based on people dealing.' Jesse's parents seem vague, and the motives of Rise's murderer, a kid called Little Man remain unclear. But perhaps these elements simply bolster the seemingly random acts of violence in Jesse's world. What comes through clearly is that CJ and Jesse have a way out — CJ through his musical talents and Jesse with his artwork, nicely demonstrated in Christopher Myers's black-and-white drawings, as well as in the father-son team's clever comic strips. Ages 14-up." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:Printz Award winner Walter Dan Myers and Caldecott Honor artist Christopher Myers join forces to deliver a gripping and brutally honest novel about friendship, loss, and loyalty, told in a sketchbook/comic-book style.
About the AuthorWalter Dean Myers is a New York Times bestselling author and a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, and he has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for his contribution to young adult literature. His picture books include patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam, I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, and Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly. Mr. Myers lives with his family in Jersey City, New Jersey. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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