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Gregory slam harris is a talented basketball player with. He can play point guard and slam dunk the ball, making him a tough combination for a defender to. He won the coretta scott king award for africanamerican authors five times. However, the story and the main character were different than i thought and it caught my attention from the very first chapter. It takes place in innercity harlem in new york, and its all about the life of greg slam harris on and off the court.
Walter dean myers was born on august 12, 1937 in martinsberg, west virginia. Audiobook by walter dean myers, narrated by thomas penny. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Walter dean myers 19372014 was the acclaimed author of over fifty books, primarily for young adults.
Welcome to hibooks the next chapter of your audiobook experience. August 12, 1937 july 1, 2014 was a writer of childrens books best known for young adult literature. Click here to find more classroom resources for this title. Newbery honor author walter dean myer presents the story of alis childhood, his rise as a champion, his politics, and his battle against parkinsons disease.
He was born in martinsburg, west virginia, but was raised. Game by walter dean myers overdrive rakuten overdrive. Walter dean myers poems, quotations and biography on walter dean myers poet page. Their whole lives are ahead of them, yet at the same time, deaths whisper is everywhere. Walter dean myers brings you into the world of harlem and the struggles of life with his coretta scott king awardwinning book, slam. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Get an answer for does anyone know what happens at the end of slam. Slam by walter dean myers be sure to follow along here with what we discuss in book club. Slam is a great basketball player, and basketball is. Josiah wedgewood and marcus perry are on their way to an uncertain future.
Walter dean myers is a new york times bestselling and critically acclaimed author who has garnered much respect and admiration for his fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for young people. One of his teachers knew this and told him to keep writing no matter what. Newbery honor author walter dean myers calls on his own harlem background in this raw and gritty story of a young basketball player coming of age and trying to make it on the unforgiving courts of the city. Hoops by walter dean myers overdrive rakuten overdrive. The story revolves around the efforts of seventeen yearold greg slam harris to play basketball, while maintaining his academics. Printz award, he is considered one of the preeminent writers for children. The story revolves around the efforts of seventeen yearold greg slam harris to play basketball, while maintaining his academics and his personal life. Read all poems of walter dean myers and infos about walter dean myers. Author walter dean myers is the 2019 childrens literature legacy award winner. A prolific author of more than one hundred titles, he received every major. Slam is a great basketball player, and basketball is his top priority. One white, one black, these young men have nothing in common and everything in common as they approach an experience that will change them forever. Greg slam harris is justly proud of his game, but he realizes that nba daydreams dont cut it in the classrooms of his new south bronx magnet school and that the tough talk that serves him so well on the street only.
Point signature scholastic book by walter dean myers. Narrator thomas penny vividly captures both the internal and external challenges slam faces while chasing his dream from the streets, to the classrooms, to the hardwood floors. An exciting, eyecatching repackage of acclaimed author walter dean myers bestselling paperbacks, to coincide with the publication of sunrise over falluja in hardcover. He lives in jersey city, new jersey, with his family. Walter dean myers author 19372014walter dean myerss fiction and nonfiction books have reached millions of young people. Printz award for excellence in young adult literature. His notable works include fallen angels, monster, crystal, and scorpions. Mtisha is a dark skinned, dark haired, pretty woman. 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. When he was three years old, his mother died and his father sent him to live with herbert and florence dean in harlem, new york. He was born in martinsburg, west virginia, but was raised in harlem, new york city. As a kid in high school we was a good writer but was bound to dropout. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. The late late show with james corden recommended for you.
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