Darius & Twig

This is the story of Darius & Twig
Two best friends.
Twig is a runner. That's how he's going to make it.
Darius is a writer. He has to find out how to live his own dream.

Info autore

Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers was recognized by every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and five Coretta Scott King Book Award winners. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults and a three-time National Book Award finalist as well as the first ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Riassunto

New York Times bestselling author and Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers once again connects with teenagers everywhere in Darius & Twig, a novel about friendship and needing to live one's own dream. This touching and raw teen novel from the author of Monster, Kick, We Are America, Bad Boy, and many other celebrated literary works for children and teens is a Coretta Scott King Honor Book.
Darius and Twig are an unlikely pair: Darius is a writer whose only escape is his alter ego, a peregrine falcon named Fury, and Twig is a middle-distance runner striving for athletic success. But they are drawn together in the struggle to overcome the obstacles that life in Harlem throws at them. The two friends must face down bullies, an abusive uncle, and the idea that they'll be stuck in the same place forever.
Maria Russo, writing in the New York Times, included Darius & Twig on her list of "great kids' books with diverse characters." She commented: "The late Myers, one of the greats and a champion of diversity in children’s books well before the cause got mainstream attention, is at his elegant, heartfelt best in this 2013 novel. It’s about two friends growing up in Harlem, one a writer, one an athlete, facing daily challenges and trying to dream of a brighter future."

Testo aggiuntivo

Myers has written another gritty, suspenseful, street-smart novel with a viscerally real setting in which young men must struggle to overcome obstacles by finding the best within them...Surely will inspire their readers to seek to do the same.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Walter Dean Myers, Myers Walter Dean
• Editore: Amistad
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 13 a 99 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.05.2014
• EAN: 9780061728259
• ISBN: 978-0-06-172825-9
• Pagine: 224
• Dimensioni: 127 mm x 181 mm x 14 mm
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Libri per ragazzi da 12 anni; Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Romance / Contemporary *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Bullying *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / New Experience *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Coming of Age *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Sports & Recreation / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Diversity & Multicultural *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Poetry *, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Relating to African American / Black American people, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Romance and love stories