Synopses & Reviews
A story of star-crossed urban love by two–time National Book Award finalist Walter Dean Myers.
Have you ever loved someone from the wrong side of the tracks? Damien has everything going for him. His family wants him to date Roxanne. He falls for Junice, whose life is totally messed up. But Junice tells him that he's the one who needs the reality check.
Sometimes the greatest obstacle to finding true love is ourselves.
Harlem meets Shakespeare in this fresh, original free-verse novel by Michael L. Printz.
About the Author
Walter Dean Myers is the renowned author of Autobiography of my Dead Brother; Shooter,a Children's Book Sense Summer Pick; Monster, the first winner of the Michael L. Printz Award; The Dream Bearer; Handbook for Boys: A Novel; Bad Boy: A Memoir;and the Newbery Honor Books Scorpionsand Somewhere in the Darkness. He wrote The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage; Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam,illustrated by Ann Grifalconi; I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.and Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly, both illustrated by Leonard Jenkins; and the Caldecott Honor Book Harlemand Blues Journey, both illustrated by Christopher Myers. He makes frequent appearances with the National Basketball Association's "Read to Achieve" program. Mr. Myers lives with his family in Jersey City, New Jersey.