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Darnell Rock, a 13-year-old African-American boy, doubts his own abilities as someone who can make a difference, until he writes a school newspaper article about a homeless man that makes people sit up and take notice. "An energetic read."--The Bulletin.

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ISBN-13:	9781439521588
Publisher:	Baker & Taylor, CATS
Publication date:	11/13/2008
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

WALTER DEAN MYERS’s fiction and nonfiction has reached millions of young people. A prolific author of more than one hundred books, he received every major award in the field of children’s literature. He wrote two Newbery Honor Books, eleven Coretta Scott King Award winners, and three National Book Award Finalists and was named the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. He also received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults and was the first recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. He was a 2010 United States nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Award numerous times. From 2012 to 2013, he served as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature with the platform “Reading is not optional.” In his most beloved books, Walter explored the themes of taking responsibility for your life and knowing that everyone always gets a second chance.

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A struggling middle school student finds a way to turn his life around when he works on the school newspaper; PW called this story "lively" and "uplifting." Ages 8-12. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Gr 5-8-Darnell Rock, 13, has always taken a lackadaisical attitude toward school and is a fringe member of the Corner Crew, South Oakdale Middle School's semi-deviant clique. Although they are quite close, he and his twin sister, Tamika, engage in nonstop verbal one-upmanship. Things begin to change for Darnell after he joins, on a whim, the staff of the school newspaper. He has a chance encounter with a homeless man and ends up writing an article that advocates turning over a piece of school property to the homeless so that they can grow vegetables there. This proposal fosters debate within the school and, after the city's daily paper picks up the story, the whole community. This experience helps Darnell grow, and he begins to look at the world around him in a different way. Once again, Myers presents a well-written story with a realistic ending and adeptly brings to life the major players-Darnell, his friends, and his middle-class African-American family. Young readers will be interested in and able to relate to these characters. While this book might not be the author's best, it's still on target.-Tom S. Hurlburt, La Crosse Public Library, WI

School Library Journal

Thirteen-year-old Darnell Rock reluctantly joins the school newspaper and is surprised to find himself actually interested. His interest leads him to interview Sweeby, a homeless Vietnam veteran. The local paper picks up the story, and Darnell becomes a minor celebrity, causing a change in how he is perceived by others as well as a change in how he perceives himself. Myers includes a lot of issues here--the homeless, Vietnam, educating the "problem" child--but his story is not issue driven. It is the development of Darnell's character that moves things forward: we watch as Darnell takes his first tentative steps toward thinking and acting on his own. The dialogue is funny and down to earth, and none of the characters is a flat-out caricature. The barber-shop scene in which Darnell interviews Sweeby (and by default, everyone else in the shop) is a masterpiece of understatement.

Janice Del Negro

This is an energetic read, unintimidating but thoughtful, that many Darnell-age kids in search of self will find rewarding.”—The Bulletin

From the Publisher

Signing up for the school newspaper is one of the few positive things 13-year-old Darnell Rock seems to do. His encounter with a homeless man is a counterpoint to his seeing his own world a little differently and beginning to write about it. The story’s a good choice for audio and adds a choice outside light-hearted subjects or classics. It also doesn’t have the depressive bent of much young adult fiction. This story can be listened to by much younger children and is a good one to share as a family. James’s narration is suitable, if not exceptional. He doesn’t seem to get into the rhythm of the kids’ street-talk. It’s almost as if he’s speaking clearly so listeners who never hear street talk will understand and to that extent the choice is probably the right one. R.F.W. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine

JAN 96 - AudioFile

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