Walter dean myers is the 2012 20 national ambassador for young peoples literature. The novel slam by walter dean meyers, takes place in a poor african american neighborhood in harlem, new york. Walter dean myers answers questions about his writing. Slam by walter dean myers research essay graduateway. A harlem teenager learns how to apply the will he has to win at hoops to other parts of his life in this vivid, fluent story from myers toussaint louverture, p. A seventeenyearold basketball star must learn to work with others both on and off the court.
A novel 2015 walter dean myerss last novel, delivers a gripping story based on the life of a real dancer known as master juba, who lived in the nineteenth century. August 12, 1937 july 1, 2014 was a writer of childrens books best known for young adult literature. The only difference between on the court and off it is that everybody is in the game off the court. With an urban, teenage voice, walter dean myers earnestly reflects the hopes and desires shared by many budding hoop dreamers. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to. He lives in jersey city, new jersey, with his family. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. An exciting, eyecatching repackage of acclaimed author walter dean myers bestselling paperbacks, to coincide with the publication of sunrise over falluja in hardcover. Greg loves to play basketball and is called slam because of his ability to slam dunk. The story revolves around the efforts of seventeen yearold greg slam harris to play basketball, while maintaining his academics and his personal life. Chapters 15, chapters 610, chapters 1115, chapters. It takes place in innercity harlem in new york, and its all about the life of greg slam harris on and off the court. The novel slam by walter dean myers has several themes.
All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Scholastic, 1998 coretta scott king author award grade level. However, the story and the main character were different than i thought and it caught my attention from the very first chapter. Mtisha tells slam that ice has gotten a lot of money lately. Publication date 1996 topics basketball, afroamericans, high schools. This past semester i read the book slam by walter dean myers. Walter dean myers is a new york times bestselling and critically acclaimed author who has garnered much respect and admiration for his fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for young people. Walter dean myers answers questions about his writing process, his books, and his childhood. Author walter dean myers is the 2019 childrens literature legacy award winner. He is the critically acclaimed new york times bestselling author an awardwinning body of work which includes, somewhere in the darkness, slam. Seventeenyearold greg slam harris can do it all on the basketball court. Narrator thomas penny vividly captures both the internal and external challenges slam faces while chasing his dream from the streets, to the classrooms, to the hardwood floors. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. The main character, greg slam harris, has to deal with daily gang violence, drugs, and murders.
Walter dean myers audio books, best sellers, author bio. Printz award, he is considered one of the preeminent writers for children. Slam lives in harlem and attends the prestigious magnet school latimer in the south bronx. Slam by walter dean myers timeline timetoast timelines. Slam walter dean myers pdf, basketball, afroamericans, high schools, schools, prejudices. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china. My most recent books are slam, which is about basketball, and harlem, which is about harlem, where i spent most of the first seventeen years of my life. Leaving his best friend ice behind, slam transfers to a topnotch academic school. Seventeenyearold greg slam harris can do it all on the baske. He struggles with getting a lot of playing time at his new school because the coach thinks he is very cocky and a showoff.
An exciting, eyecatching repackage of acclaimed author walter dean myers bestselling. The story is about the life, challenges, and growth of greg harris. All the while the two are uncovering a longkept secret about themselves. The late walter dean myers was the 201220 national ambassador for young peoples literature. The narrative line is that slam the chief character is traveling to a new school that is a white school where he one. Myers has received two newbery honor medals, five coretta scott king author book awards, and three national book award finalist citations. Walter dean myers discusses how he writes duration.
Greg slam harris is justly proud of his game, but he realizes that nba daydreams dont cut it in the classrooms of his new south bronx magnet school and that the tough talk that serves him so well on the street only. This engaging historical novel is based on the true story of the meteoric rise of an immensely talented young black dancer, william henry lane, who influenced todays tap. By walter dean myers quotes a pros summary my critique you still dont get it do you. Point signature scholastic book by walter dean myers.
In the book, slam, by walter dean myers, one of the main themes is if you work hard at what you love in life, you can be successful at anything you put your mind to. It seems to me that an introduction paragraph to dean and slam. He was the critically acclaimed new york times bestselling author of an awardwinning body of work which includes somewhere in the darkness, slam. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Narrator thomas penny vividly captures both the internal and external challenges slam faces while chasing his dream from the streets, to. He was born in martinsburg, west virginia, but was raised in harlem, new york city. Fiction, juvenile fiction, juvenile literature, african americans, basketball, prejudices, high schools, schools, young adult fiction, reading levelgrade 7, reading levelgrade 9, reading levelgrade 8, reading levelgrade 11, reading levelgrade 10, reading levelgrade 12. Slam by walter dean myers timeline created by pakorin. And when his teachers jam his troubles in his face, he blows up. Throughout the book, many conflicts arise that the main character slam has to deal with and overcome. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or.
Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. Greg is the narrator and he is name slam on the basketball court. An exciting, eyecatching repackage of acclaimed author walter dean myers b. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. Editions for slam 0590486683 paperback published in 1998, 0545055741 paperback published in 2008, kindle edition published in 2016, 0590486675 h. The scene is in a tally down portion of town in a large metropolis that was unginven. A tough childhood led him to writing and his school teachers would encourage him in this habit as a way to express himself. Download audiobooks by walter dean myers at and save. Hes seen ballplayers come and go, and he knows he could be one of the lucky ones. Slam meets up with ice and mtisha for the first time since he had moved to latimer. Hes quick enough to handle the point guard slot and, as his tag implies, he can slam dunk at will.
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