Handbook for Boys Handbook for Boys

Handbook for Boys

A Novel

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Publisher Description

In the groundbreaking tradition of his award-winning Monster and Bad Boy: A Memoir, Walter Dean Myers fashions a highly readable, powerful novel about the rules for success for young men, especially those navigating coming of age while Black.

Share this book in the classroom, in a father-son reading group, or as a summer reading (or anytime) choice that's likely to spark conversation and be a favorite.

"When the proprietor of a Harlem barbershop takes over as the court-appointed mentor for two troubled teenagers, he conveys the message that the future is built not only on hard work but on sustaining dreams as well." (Smithsonian magazine).

In his introduction to Handbook for Boys, Walter Dean Myers wrote: "I know as a troubled teenager I would have loved to have a neighborhood barbershop to sit in and a group of worldly and knowledgeable men to counsel me. Thinking about this was my motivation in writing this book, hoping it will be, in the least, a jumping-off point for many interesting conversations about success."

GENRE
Young Adult
RELEASED
2009
March 31
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
224
Pages
PUBLISHER
Amistad Books for Young Readers
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
3.4
MB
AUDIENCE
Eighth Grade

Customer Reviews

Greatbam ,

Finding direction

My granddad gave me this book in 2002 a couple months before he died. I found it 2 years ago when I was going through the hardest and darkest time of my life. It really helped me get through that time with direction and hope for the future. It's the easiest read ever, it's funny, interesting and you learn many great insights on living a full, successful and meaningful life. I'm on my 3rd read of it. :)

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