Walter Dean Myers Sparknotes

In chapter 1 Walter Dean Myers First place called home was Harlem. Walter had said that it was a magical place called, alive with music. Walter only memory, he has on women is who picked him up on Sunday morning. Chapter 1 was called roots because it was about his history. Walter real mother had died after the birth of his sister. Walter had considered his adopted mother, to be his mother.

Kick the exciting novel written by: Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman tells the story of a brave and exciting young man. During the course of reading this book I often found that it regularly mimicked real life situations and challenges people face. While reading this book you find yourself relating to what Kevin the main character goes through on one level or another. For me I connected on multiple levels. The first being when Kevin was playing soccer and got in trouble. Much like Kevin I also played soccer when I was younger. I loved paying soccer and I was very excited to find out that this book contained soccer after I started to read it. The other way I related to Kevin was when he got in trouble. Like him I also got in trouble. However it wasn't with the law but on the soccer field instead.

Walter Dean Myers uses the word “Monster” in his novel a lot, and he applies it to Steve Harmon but is he actually one?

Walter Dean Myers was known for his influential young adult literature. Walter Dean Myers, noted author of books for young adults, was born in Martinsburg, in August 1937 to an impoverished family. His mother died when he was only 3, leaving his father with seven young children and a family in chaos. Unable to manage on his own, Walter Dean Myers' father gave custody of his young son and two of his daughters to Herbert and Florence Dean. The Dean family became Walters’s foster parents.

Have you ever wondered what makes one story more interesting than another? In “The Treasure of Lemon Brown,” the author, Walter Dean Myers, used narrative elements to create an interesting story for his readers. At the beginning of “The Treasure of Lemon Brown,” Walter Dean Myers made Greg a depressed character. He was depressed because his dad wouldn’t let him play with the Community Center basketball team due to his poor grades. Greg walked around town depressed, and met a man named Lemon Brown who had gone through good and bad times.

Walter Dean Myers was a children's’ and young adult writer that is best known for his 1988 novel Fallen Angels and his 1999 novel Monster. He wrote more than one hundred books including some picture books and nonfiction. Walter Dean Myers’ life as a child was centered around his neighborhood and church. Although he dropped out of school at the age of seventeen to enlist in the U.S. Army, Walter Dean Myers loved to read and write as a child, but he never thought that he would be able to make a living off of his hobby. Walter Dean Myers has received the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Coretta Scott King Award for African-American authors.

He completely ignored the severity of this court case. This claim is also supported by Juror 7 saying “Goddamn waste of time” (Rose 8). This comment shows how little this case means to him and the fact that he does not care if the boy lives or not. He only wants to do what he desires, which is to get into the game. This event also shows that he is ignoring the presumption of innocence because if he was following the presumption of innocence he would have to be open to all the evidence from the case.

According to the passage, on page 196, Bobo testified that he was “waiting for him to come out.” He indicates Steve as the one he's waiting for. This scene is important because in this scene Bobo, was testifying that Steve

This case was one of truth and justice. It becomes evident when the Juror 9 says to Juror 10. ‘Do you think you have a monopoly on truth?' [Juror 9, page 8] The fact is, nobody really knows what the truth is, and at the end of the play, still nobody does. The boy may have been guilty, but as Juror 8 pointed out, who were they to make that assumption? Most of the Jurors had taken for granted that what the prosecution had told them was the truth. Through much discussion the Jurors realised that this may

Bob Marley says, “You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice”. The novel, On a Clear Day resonates with the above quote; it teaches the young readers about life's hardship and how one can overcome these through resilience, strong relationships and community, and a search for identity. The writer of the novel Walter Dean Myers is most popular for his work on the life of teens. His stories are a great motivation and inspiration for today’s teens and they are very realistic and draw on the futuristic challenges teens may encounter. The writer of the novel Walter Dean Myers is most popular for his work on the life of teens.

“If you had a sick patient, you would not try to entice them to take their medicine. You would tell them ‘take this, or you’re going to die.’ We need to tell our kids flat out: reading is not optional.” Walter Dean Myers is really an incredible author of children and young adults novels. You feel like you’re right there with the characters in his books.

The book Monster is about a sixteen year old boy named Steve he is put through a trial for being accused of being a part in the murder of Mr. Nesbitt and robbery of a drug store the book leads you to your own opinion to think whether he was guilty or innocent. in my opinion I believe he is innocent because he was not present at the time of the murder he was found guilty at the trial he is a good kid.

Steve has many flashbacks during the trial. One of his first flashbacks is with Johnny, Peaches, and King. They sat together while King was planning to rob the drugstore. King says, “I need to get paid, man. I ain’t got nothing between my butt and the ground but a rag.” (50) Steve agrees, “I hear that.”(50) This means that Steve had at least known about the plan to rob the drugstore, and was there when King was planning to rob the drugstore. In another flashback we read about Steve talking to Oswaldo Cruz, another person who was helping to rob the

1675 stands as a major point in the demarcation in early American history as this date signifies the status of Africans and the economic importance of slavery—and sees it at its fruition. Further, the Navigation Acts of 1663 succeed in both stipulating that only certain commodities can be should to the English and not the Dutch, while also planting the seeds for a future America, fed up with royal oversight and being treated as an afterthought by the British. These events forever change British North America by setting the stage for an America that felt overlooked, and overwhelmed with conspiracies based in Whig theory. Slave labor is a trademark of the New World, as America has more Africans than Europeans by 1675.

One piece of evidence that proves the boy’s innocence is the height of the father. This takes an effect on the evidence against the boy because he is 6 inches shorter than his father was. So it would have been harder for the boy to stab the dad it would of taking