Handbook for Boys
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Narrated by Peter Francis James
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
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.""
Walter Dean Myers
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.
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Reviews for Handbook for Boys
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I thought it was a good book for someone about 12 years old and not necessarily a boy. I found it interesting and motivational.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Every community should have a barbershop of wisdom with a mentor like Duke. As Duke offers pearls of wisdom to teen juvenile offenders placed under his wing, one truly admires the time and commitment to these boys; the narrative itself, however, is a bit didactic and filled with more dialogue than action. While a mature reader may have sufficient patience for the slow moving plot, a young man in need of Duke's guidance may not.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Kind of preachy, don't think teens would find book exciting enough although written in novel form