An exciting, eyecatching repackage of acclaimed author walter dean myers b. He wrote more than one hundred books including picture books and nonfiction. An exciting, eyecatching repackage of acclaimed author walter dean myers bestselling paperbacks, to coincide with the publication of sunrise over falluja in hardcover. An exciting, eyecatching repackage of acclaimed author walter dean myers bestselling paperbacks, to coincide with the publication of. You feel as if you were on the court with slam during games and that you can feel the pain that. By walter dean myers quotes a pros summary my critique you still dont get it do you. I thought it was time for me to own it and give it a little reread since i havent read. Seventeenyearold greg slam harris can do it all on the basketball court. Few writers can match myers for taut, savvy basketball action. August 12, 1937 july 1, 2014 was an american writer of childrens books best known for young adult literature.
Hes quick enough to handle the point guard slot and, as his tag implies, he can slam dunk at will. Slam, by walter dean myers is an amazing book that talks about a kid from the streets who can do it all on the basketball court. Hes seen ballplayers come and go, and he knows he could be one of the lucky ones. He is a superstar high school basketball player who fights the challenge of keeping his grades up as well as cooping with the issue that his best friend ice is a drug dealer. This book was about an african american kid from the ghetto of new york.
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