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 life with his...

Walter Dean Myers is the New York Times bestselling author of Monster , the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award, the current National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, and...

“[A] superb memoir. Young writers will find inspiration here.”