Lockdown

New
Paperback
2011
$13.32

Walter Dean Myers enjoys speaking with kids in schools and juvenile detention facilities about writing and making positive decisions. He says, I have enormous faith in young people.
What's it like in juvie jail? Enter the world of fourteen-year-old Reese, who's locked up at Progress juvenile detention facility. Can he get a second chance?

Synopsis

Walter Dean Myers enjoys speaking with kids in schools and juvenile detention facilities about writing and making positive decisions. He says, I have enormous faith in young people.

What's it like in juvie jail? Enter the world of fourteen-year-old Reese, who's locked up at Progress juvenile detention facility. Can he get a second chance?

$13.32

Quantity

15 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: HarperCollins Childrens Book Group
Published: 30 Aug 2011
ISBN 10: 0061214825
ISBN 13: 9780061214820

Media Reviews

A moving tale of a kid who may have made a mistake but who still deserves the modest future he seeks. Refreshingly avoids cliche. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
Masterful. -- Kirkus Reviews
Myers creates a nuanced, realistic portrait of a teen dealing with incarceration and violence. Myers gets his voice just right. -- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

Author Bio

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.