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In this tragic and utterly authentic 1989 Newbery Honor Book about two friends in contemporary Harlem, "Myers has captured the street milieu well, and the characters and the events ring all too true. . . . A dishearteningly effective tale of poverty and inverted values."--"Booklist." ALA Notable Children's Book.
 
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Scorpions: Powerful Sting

Date of Review:  Aug 4, 2001
The Bottom Line: This juvenile book provides a can't-stop-reading story and a realistic portrayal of young people facing tough decisions. Great book for parents and children to discuss together.
Review: The final image of the main character in "Scorpions" is both sad and hopeful. What will the future bring? This juvenile fiction book by Walter Dean Myers tells a powerful tale of a boy's loss of control over his own life. Good intentions are...
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Authors Walter Dean Myers
Fiction Genre Juvenile Fiction
Fiction Subgenre Unknown
Awards 1989 Newbery Medal

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  "Myers writes with candor and an eye for the strange world in which dreams and despair somehow coexist...A realistic, spare, and almost unbearably sad story."

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  Format: Hardcover - Reinforced Hardcover
Publisher: Harpercollins (June 01, 1988)
Measurements: 8.5"(h) x 5.75"(w) x 1"(d), 0.95 lbs.
ISBN: 9780060243654
 
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Bad TroubleLately everybody's messing with Jamal. His teachers, the kids at school, even his dad. And now that Jamal's brother Randy's in the slam, Crazy Mack has a crazy idea. He wants Jamal to take control of the Scorpions and run crack. All the gang jive--Jamal has no use for it. Unless, like some say, it's the only way to cop the bread for Randy's appeal...The story of twelve-year-old Jamal, whose life changes drastically when he acquires a gun. Though he survives the experience, it's not without sacrificing his innocence and possibly his relationship with his best friend.
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