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Handbook for Boys

Written by:
Walter Dean Myers
Narrated by:
Peter Francis James

Abridged Audiobook

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Book
Narrator
Release Date
February 22, 2005
Duration
3 hours 51 minutes
Summary
In the groundbreaking tradition of his award-winning Monster and Bad Boy: A Memoir, Walter Dean Myers fashions a highly readable, powerful novel about the rules for success for young men, especially those navigating coming of age while Black.

Share this book in the classroom, in a father-son reading group, or as a summer reading (or anytime) choice that's likely to spark conversation and be a favorite.

''When the proprietor of a Harlem barbershop takes over as the court-appointed mentor for two troubled teenagers, he conveys the message that the future is built not only on hard work but on sustaining dreams as well.'' (Smithsonian magazine).

In his introduction to Handbook for Boys, Walter Dean Myers wrote: ''I know as a troubled teenager I would have loved to have a neighborhood barbershop to sit in and a group of worldly and knowledgeable men to counsel me. Thinking about this was my motivation in writing this book, hoping it will be, in the least, a jumping-off point for many interesting conversations about success.''
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