145th Street: Short Stories |
Publication Information
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Author: Myers, Walter Dean |
Illustrator: |
Title: 145th Street: Short Stories |
Date: 2000 |
Publisher: Random House |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: |
ISBN, hardback: 978-0-385-90538-1 |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
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Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
fiction, short stories, linked story
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HSE Descriptor(s):
language arts - reading| language arts - writing
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Summary: |
Engaging short stories written in Myers' natural writing styles that contain serious side plots and portray some of the people who live on one block of 145th Street in Harlem. Characters are portrayed honestly and jump off the page to keep the reader engaged. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Compare life on 145the St. with life on your own street/neighborhood.
Is Harlem seen as a good place to live or a bad one? Defend your opinion with passages from the book. Use this as a focus book in the teaching of the short story genre. A companion for it might be Rylant's Children of Christmas or Every Living Thing. |
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