Your first love is totally wrong for you.
Do you follow your heart?
Or do you run away?
Junice
What am I doing? He'll take one quick look
And wish he was anywhere else but here
I'm already ashamed of what I think
He will think of me, of the life I lead
Damien
Yes, she is the fruit that will
Sustain me and yes, she brings
A rain that I know can chill
But it is a rain so sweet and sings
A song my soul insists
That I follow, if I would exist
As more than I have ever, ever been
If my mother calls it evil, then I embrace the sin
Autorentext
Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, 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.
Zusammenfassung
This groundbreaking novel in verse from Walter Dean Myerstwo-time Newbery Honor winner and five-timeCoretta Scott King Awardwinneris a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story set in Harlem. Share this one with readers taken with books by Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, and Elizabeth Acevedo.Whether read at home or in the classroom, and alongside the original inspiration or on its own.Street Love is sure to spark opinions and conversations."e;This verse novel, in which entire poems dazzle readers with rhyme and rhythm and voice, finds Damien, a straight-A student, headed for Brown University. But he falls in love with Junice, a girl whose mother has just been incarcerated for selling drugs, and his direction could change. Readers enjoy multiple perspectives on this romance and the decision Damien makes."e; (Kirkus starred review)"e;Hip-hop fans, readers of poetry, and hopeless romantics will respond to the emotional vibrancy of this powerful work."e; (VOYA)Your first love is totally wrong for you.Do you follow your heart?Or do you run away?Walter Dean Myers was aNew York Timesbestselling author, Printz Award winner, five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award,two-time Newbery Honor recipient, and theNational Ambassador for Young People's Literature.Maria Russo, writing in theNew York Times, called Myers "e;one of the greats and a champion of diversity in childrens books well before the cause got mainstream attention."e;