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Autobiography of My Dead Brother

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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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Walter Dean Myers is a New York Timesbestselling and critically acclaimed author who has garnered much respect and admiration for his fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for young people. Winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award, he is considered one of the preeminent writers for children. He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his family.
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crowyhead, August 29, 2008 (view all comments by crowyhead)
Walter Dean Myers has done it again. This is the touching, realistic story of a young man, Jesse, growing up in a neighborhood fraught with violence, who must rely on his family, friends, and his own good sense in order to survive and prosper. When his oldest friend, Rise, starts getting involved in drug-dealing and violent crime, Jesse is almost unsure whether to truly believe it's happening, since Rise has always spoken out against drugs and gangs. But Rise thinks he sees a way to get out of the neighborhood, a way to make something of himself, and Jesse must decide exactly where his loyalties lie. One of the highlights of the book is that Jesse is a budding artist, and Walter Dean Myers's son, Christopher Myers, has amply illustrated this novel with Jesse's illustrations, notebook doodles, and comic strips. It's a wonderful, realistic book, and it's beautifully executed.
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ISBN:
9780060582937
Author:
Myers, Walter Dean
Publisher:
Amistad Press
Illustrator:
Myers, Christopher A.
Illustrator:
Myers, Christopher
Author:
by Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers
Author:
Myers, Christopher
Subject:
Friendship
Subject:
Gangs
Subject:
People & Places - United States - African-American
Subject:
Social Issues - Violence
Subject:
Social Issues - Drugs, Alcohol, & Substance Abuse
Subject:
Situations / Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction-Drugs, Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction
Copyright:
2006
Edition Description:
Paperback
Publication Date:
20061031
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
from 9
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 0.56 in 8.8 oz
Age Level:
from 14
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