For the very first time in his decades-long career writing for teens, acclaimed and beloved author Walter Dean Myers writes with a teen, Ross Workman.Kevin Johnson is thirteen...
An Interview With Walter Dean Myers on Where the Ideas Come From
Myers discusses the personal experiences he mines for his stories: life as a foster child, growing up in Harlem, a love of basketball, high school truancy, and his service in...
The Dream Bearer
For a young adolescent, David Curry has a lot to contend with. He loves and fears Reuben, his troubled father. His older brother, Ty, is turning into someone David doesn't know...
Kick
For the very first time in his decades-long career writing for teens, acclaimed and beloved author Walter Dean Myers writes with a teen, Ross Workman.Kevin Johnson is thirteen...
An Interview With Walter Dean Myers on Pre-Writing
Walter Dean Myers shares his approach to pre-writing, including developing an interesting, solvable, problem and identifying characters with depth.
Bad Boy
Into a memoir that is gripping, funny, heartbreaking, and unforgettable, Walter Dean Myers richly weaves the details of his Harlem childhood in the 1940s and 1950s: a loving home...
An Interview With Walter Dean Myers on a Recent School Visit
Walter Dean Myers reflects on his visit to New Directions High School in Arlington, VA, commenting on the students' curiousity and good preparation.
An Interview With Walter Dean Myers on Writing and Race
As a teen, Myers found few books with characters who shared his own experiences as a young African-American man in Harlem. He discusses the implicit message this absence sent, as...
Guys Read: Pirate
Abdullah Syed Hari is fourteen years old. He loves his family and his friends. And he is a Somali pirate. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka.
An Interview With Walter Dean Myers on Magic Realism
Myers describes his process for gathering research, distilling information, and working with his editor to create powerful stories that engage young adult readers.
