Handbook for Boys Paperback - 2003
by Walter Dean Myers
In the groundbreaking tradition of his award-winning "Monster" and "Bad Boy: a Memoir, " the Michael L. Printz Award winner fashions a complex, layered novel about the rules for success.
First line
The barbershop was on 145th Street, just off Seventh Avenue.
From the rear cover
Jimmy and Kevin could really use a guide to life.
Their activities almost land them in juvenile detention until Duke employs them in his Harlem barbershop. Duke has rules for everything. But is he offering good advice or just more aggravation?
In the groundbreaking tradition of the award-winning Monster and Bad Boy: A Memoir, Walter Dean Myers fashions a complex, layered novel about the rules for success. Handbook for Boys is the book that he wishes he could have read while growing up. It is also the book young people need to read today.
Ages 10+
Details
- Title Handbook for Boys
- Author Walter Dean Myers
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Amistad Books for Young Readers
- Date 2003-04-01
- Features Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780064409308 / 0064409309
- Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
- Dimensions 6.84 x 4.38 x 0.61 in (17.37 x 11.13 x 1.55 cm)
- Ages 13 to UP years
- Grade levels 8 - UP
- Reading level 740
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Locality: New York, N.Y.
- Sex & Gender: Masculine
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Conduct of life, African Americans
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001039505
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Kliatt, 05/01/2003, Page 20
- Publishers Weekly, 03/31/2003, Page 0
- PW Notes and Reprints, 03/31/2003, Page 70
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