All the Right Stuff
By Walter Dean Myers
(Amistad, Hardcover, 9780061960871, 224pp.)
Publication Date: April 2012
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover, Paperback
Categories: Social Issues - Values, People & Places - United States - African-American
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A provocative new novel from the national ambassador for young people's literature and the New York Times bestselling author of Monster
Who's on top of the social food chain? How do you get ahead? Who makes the rules? Who needs to follow them?
Paul DuPree is working at a soup kitchen in Harlem the summer his father dies, just trying to get by. But Elijah, the soup man, won't stop talking about the social contract and asking Paul questions about heavy-duty things. Paul has never thought about this stuff. He'd rather hang out with Keisha, an unwed teen mom whose basketball skills rival his own.
Then Sly, a notorious Harlem big shot, shows up. Paul is both intrigued and intimidated by Sly and his conspiracy theories, and for once he starts contemplating how you really get ahead in life. As the talk of what-ifs turns into reality, Paul realizes his summer is about more than getting by—it's about taking charge of your life.
Walter Dean Myers is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, New York Times bestselling author of Monster, and winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award. The critically acclaimed author of Kick, Lockdown, Dope Sick, Game, Street Love, The Autobiography of My Dead Brother, Handbook for Boys, and Bad Boy, he is considered one of the preeminent writers for children. Walter's novel shooter is the inspiration for the film Case 219.
His latest picture-book collaboration with his son, Christopher Myers, We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart, is a love letter to the United States that reimagines what it means to be an American. Visit www.who-is-america.com to find out more!
Walter lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his family.
“Myers has cooked up a provocative novel that simmers long after its last pages.”
-Chicago Sun-Times
“[E]ngrossing and fast-paced… a must-read novel.”
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“[R]ewarding. A good fit for school libraries in which the social contract is taught or emphasized.”
-School Library Journal
“[B]egins with a bang.”
-Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
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