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An inspiring biography of Muhammad Ali from the legendary Walter Dean Myers, reissued under Scholastic Focus for a new generation.
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All eyes are on 17-year-old Lonnie Jackson while he practices with his team for a citywide basketball Tournament of Champions. His coach, Cal, knows Lonnie has what it takes to be a pro-basketball player, but warns him about giving in to the pressure. Cal knows because he, too, o...nce had the chance--but sold out.
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Explores Malcolm's journey from his tragic childhood to his life as a street hustler, a Black Muslim, a prison inmate, and a fearless leader in the struggle for blacks to achieve equality.
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Sixteen-year-old Jimmy, on probation for assault, talks about life with three old men in a Harlem barbershop and hears about the tools he can use to get what he wants.
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From bad boy to role model, Myers recalls growing up in Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s.
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The thing was that me and Rise were blood brothers, but sometimes I really didn't know him. As Jesse fills his sketchbook with drawings and portraits of Rise, he tries to make sense of the complexities of friendship, loyalty, and loss in a neighborhood plagued by drive-bys, vicio...us gangs, and abusive cops.
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A picture book biography of Frederick Douglass, ... a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon. He was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer, proving that, as he said, 'Once you learn to read, ...you will be forever free' --Amazon.com.
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A New York Times bestselling author delivers an evocative, edgy tale of star-crossed urban love, set to a Shakespearean Harlem beat.
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New York Times -bestselling author and Caldecott Honor artist father-son team who created Harlem celebrate the freedom dream that is America--the struggles, the ideals, and the hope that we can live up to them.
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A classic Myers novel set in Harlem is reissued, and continues to bear witness to the difference a caring adult can make in the life of a young person. An ALA Notable Children's Book.
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