Autobiography of My Dead Brother
Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myster has written a realistic urban novel that probes a fatal crisis in the life of two boys. Jesse, the book's narrator, and Rise are best friends, but as time passes, Rise grows increasingly alienated and unpredictable. Living in a neighborhood where gang fights...
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Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myster has written a realistic urban novel that probes a fatal crisis in the life of two boys. Jesse, the book's narrator, and Rise are best friends, but as time passes, Rise grows increasingly alienated and unpredictable. Living in a neighborhood where gang fights and drive-by shootings are almost commonplace, Jesse wonders whether he and his estranged blood brother are already doomed. A powerful novel from the author of Shooter and Monster.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060582937 (0060582936)
ASIN: 60582936
Publish date: October 31st 2006
Publisher: Amistad
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
African American,
Mystery,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Crime,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Death
I had trouble relating to the text, probably because it was so realistic. The art got me through. I would probably have enjoyed it more thirty years ago when I liked harsh truths, and didn't have kids. Library copy
8 years ago
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