The final chapter attempts to explain the frightening need for love while facing the world beyond our own front yard. Some relationships beat the odds stacked against them, while others continue to exist only in dreams. Myers describes the tough love of women raising babies alone or trying everything to hang onto the father of a child. There are relationships in the making and relationships beginning to crumble. Leading a life of drugs and crime takes its toll on love. There's the frustration of loving a brother who is a constant disappointment to the family. The stories are flavored with Harlem life as only Myers is able to capture. Each story shares a relationship - romantic love, sibling love, parental love, and more. The central theme of WHAT THEY FOUND is love. WHAT THEY FOUND revisits the characters of the previous short stories and updates their lives.
Once again, Walter Dean Myers takes readers into the world on 145th Street. I really enjoyed 145TH STREET: SHORT STORIES when it came out quite a few years ago, so I was anxious to read this new collection of stories. Reviewed by Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky" for He died on July 1, 2014, following a brief illness. Walter Dean Myers was married, had three grown children and lived in Jersey City, New Jersey. For three years he led a writing workshop for children in a school in Jersey City, New Jersey. He visited schools to speak to children, teachers, librarians, and parents. In addition to the publication of his books, Walter contributed to educational and literary publications. Monster and Autobiography of My Dead Brother were selected as National Book Award Finalists. For one of his books, Monster, he received the first Michael Printz Award for Young Adult literature awarded by the American Library Association. Edwards Award and the Virginia Hamilton Award.
Two of his books were awarded Newbery Honors. He received many awards for his work in this field including the Coretta Scott King Award, five times.
He published over seventy books for children and young adults. Walter wrote from childhood, first finding success in 1969 when he won the Council on Interracial Books for Children contest, which resulted in the publication of his first book for children, Where Does the Day Go?, by Parent's Magazine Press. He attended Stuyvesant High School until the age of seventeen when he joined the army.Īfter serving four years in the army, he worked at various jobs and earned a BA from Empire State College.
He was brought up and went to public school there. Walter Dean Myers was born on Augin Martinsburg, West Virginia but moved to Harlem with his foster parents at age three.
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