Here in Harlem by Walter Dean Myers

Here in Harlem by Walter Dean Myers

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Here in Harlem by Walter Dean Myers

These fifty-four poems, all in different voices but written by one hand, do sing. They make a joyful noise as the author honors the people-the nurses, students, soldiers, and ministers-of his beloved hometown, Harlem. Worship with Deacon Allen, who loves a shouting church, and study with Lois Smith, who wants a school named after me. Don't get taken by Sweet Sam DuPree, who conned a shark right outta his fin. And never turn your back on Delia Pierce, who claims she ain't the kind to talk behind nobody's back while doing precisely that-with panache. Inspired by Edgar Lee Masters's classic Spoon River Anthology, Walter Dean Myers celebrates the voices and aspirations of the residents of another American town, one that lies between two rivers on the north side of an island called Manhattan.
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ISBN 13 9780823418534
ISBN 10 0823418537
Title Here in Harlem
Author Walter Dean Myers
Condition Unavailable
Publisher Holiday House Inc
Year published 2004-10-01
Number of pages 96
Prizes Winner of Children's Book Committee Award (Poetry) 2005, Commended for Tayshas Reading 2005
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