CRYSTAL (HarperCollins, 2002)
DARNELL ROCK REPORTING (Yearling, 1996)
THE DRAGON TAKES A WIFE
illustrated by Fiona French (Scholastic, 2000)
FALLEN ANGELS (Scholastic, 1988)
Coretta Scott King Author Award
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
An ALA Booklist Young Adult Editors’ Choice
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
The Horn Book Fanfare Honor List
Parents’ Choice Award
A CBC/NCSS Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
ABC Choice
FAST SAM, COOL CLYDE, AND STUFF (Viking, 1988)
THE GLORY FIELD (Scholastic, 1994)
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A CBC/NCSS Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
A NYPL Book for the Teen Age
HANDBOOK FOR BOYS: A NOVEL (HarperCollins, 2002)
HOOPS (Laurel Leaf, 1983)
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
HOW MR. MONKEY SAW THE WHOLE WORLD
illustrated by Synthia Saint James (Delacorte, 1996)
IT AIN’T ALL FOR NOTHIN’
(coming from HarperCollins, 2003)
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
ME, MOP, AND THE MOONDANCE KID
(Yearling, 1991)
MONSTER
illustrated by Christopher Myers (HarperCollins, 1999)
Michael L. Printz Award
A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
A National Book Award Finalist
A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
An Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee
A Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
A CCBC Choice
A BCCB Blue Ribbon Book
A NYPL Book for the Teen Age
MOTOWN AND DIDI: A LOVE STORY
(Laurel Leaf, 1987)
Coretta Scott King Author Award
THE MOUSE RAP (HarperCollins, 1990)
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
An IRA/CBC Children’s Choice
My Name Is America: A Dear America Book
THE JOURNAL OF BIDDY OWENS: THE NEGRO LEAGUES
(Scholastic, 2001)
THE JOURNAL OF JOSHUA LOPER: A BLACK COWBOY, THE CHISHOLM TRAIL, 1871
(Scholastic, 1999)
THE JOURNAL OF SCOTT PENDLETON COLLINS:
A WORLD WAR II SOLDIER, NORMANDY, FRANCE, 1944
(Scholastic, 1999)
145TH STREET: SHORT STORIES (Delacorte, 2000)
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
A Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book
THE OUTSIDE SHOT (Laurel Leaf, 1987)
THE RIGHTEOUS REVENGE OF ARTEMIS BONNER
(HarperCollins, 1992)
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
An ALA Popular Paperback for Young Adults
SCORPIONS (HarperCollins, 1988)
A Newbery Honor Book
An ALA Notable Children’s Book
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
An ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
An IRA Young Adult Choice
SHADOW OF THE RED MOON
illustrated by Christopher Myers (Scholastic, 1995)
SLAM! (Scholastic, 1996)
Coretta Scott King Author Award
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
SMIFFY BLUE: ACE CRIME DETECTIVE: THE CASE
OF THE MISSING RUBY AND OTHER STORIES
illustrated by David J. A. Sims (Scholastic, 1999)
SOMEWHERE IN THE DARKNESS
(Scholastic, 1992)
A Newbery Honor Book
A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
An ALA Notable Children’s Book
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
A Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book
An ALA Booklist Young Adult Editors’ Choice
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
The Horn Book Fanfare Honor List
A NYPL Book for the Teen Age
Stories of America
A PLACE CALLED HEARTBREAK: A STORY OF VIETNAM
illustrated by Frederick Porter (Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1992)
YOUNG MARTIN’S PROMISE
illustrated by Barbara Higgins Bond (Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1992)
THE STORY OF THE THREE KINGDOMS
illustrated by Ashley Bryan (HarperCollins, 1995)
SWEET ILLUSIONS
(Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1986)
18 Pine St.
NO. 12: TAKING SIDES (Bantam, 1994)
WON’T KNOW TILL I GET THERE (Viking, 1988)
THE YOUNG LANDLORDS (Puffin, 1992)
Coretta Scott King Author Award
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
NONFICTION & POETRY
AMISTAD: A LONG ROAD TO FREEDOM
(Dutton, 1998)
An IRA/CBC Children’s Choice
ANGEL TO ANGEL: A MOTHER’S GIFT OF LOVE
(HarperCollins, 1998)
AT HER MAJESTY’S REQUEST: AN AFRICAN
PRINCESS IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND
(Scholastic, 1999)
An Orbis Pictus Honor Book (NCTE)
A Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts (NCTE)
A CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
A BCCB Blue Ribbon Book
NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
BROWN ANGELS: AN ALBUM OF PICTURES AND VERSE
(HarperCollins, 1993)
An ALA Notable Children’s Book
A Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts (NCTE)
A NYPL Book for the Teen Age
A Parenting Magazine Ten Best Book
THE GREATEST: MUHAMMAD ALI (Scholastic, 2001)
HARLEM: A POEM illustrated by Christopher Myers (Scholastic, 1997)
A Caldecott Honor Book
A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book
An ALA Notable Children’s Book
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
A Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book
An ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice
A CBC/NCSS Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
A Book Links Lasting Connection
MALCOLM X: BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
(Scholastic, 1994)
A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
An ALA Notable Children’s Book
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
The Horn Book Fanfare Honor List
A Library of Congress Children’s Book of the Year
A CBC/NCSS Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
A NYPL Book for the Teen Age
MALCOLM X: A FIRE BURNING BRIGHTLY illustrated by Leonard Jenkins (HarperCollins, 2000)
A CBC/NCSS Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
NOW IS YOUR TIME!:
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
(HarperCollins, 1991)
Coretta Scott King Author Award
An ALA Notable Children’s Book
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
An Orbis Pictus Honor Book (NCTE)
Carter G. Woodson Book Award for Outstanding Merit Book (NCSS)
A Jane Addams Book Award Honor Book
A Golden Kite Award Honor Book for No
nfiction (SCBW)
ONE MORE RIVER TO CROSS:
AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
(Harcourt Brace, 1995)
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
PATROL
illustrated by Ann Grifalconi (coming from HarperCollins, 2002)
TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE:
THE FIGHT FOR HAITI’S FREEDOM
illustrated by Jacob Lawrence (Simon & Schuster, 1996)
An ALA Notable Children’s Book
And I’m still typing…
About the Author
WALTER DEAN MYERS is an award-winning writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for young people. He has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for his contribution to young adult literature and is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. His many titles include MONSTER, the 2000 Michael L. Printz Award winner, National Book Award Finalist, Coretta Scott King Honor Book, and Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book; MALCOLM X: A Fire Burning Brightly, illustrated by Leonard Jenkins; the Caldecott Honor Book HARLEM, illustrated by Christopher Myers; and the Newbery Honor Books SCORPIONS and SOMEWHERE IN THE DARKNESS. Walter Dean Myers lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his family.
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Credits
Jacket art © 2001 by Robert Andrew Parker
Jacket design by Alison Donalty
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WALTER DEAN MYERS
FICTION
HANDBOOK FOR BOYS: A NOVEL
MONSTER
2000 Michael L. Printz Award
1999 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
1999 National Book Award Finalist
THE MOUSE RAP
THE RIGHTEOUS REVENGE OF ARTEMIS BONNER
SCORPIONS
1989 Newbery Honor Book
THE STORY OF THE THREE KINGDOMS
NONFICTION
ANGEL TO ANGEL: A MOTHER’S GIFT OF LOVE
BROWN ANGELS: AN ALBUM OF PICTURES AND VERSE
MALCOLM X: A FIRE BURNING BRIGHTLY
NOW IS YOUR TIME!:
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
1992 Coretta Scott King Author Award
AWARDS
1994 ALA Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults
1994 ALAN Award for outstanding contribution to the field of young adult literature
Copyright
BAD BOY: A Memoir. Copyright © 2001 by Walter Dean Myers. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
EPub © Edition OCTOBER 2008 ISBN: 9780061974939
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