J. D. Jackson
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Robin "Birdy" Perry, a new army recruit from Harlem, isn't quite sure why he joined the army, but he's sure where he's headed: Iraq. Birdy and the others in the Civilian Affairs Battalion are supposed to help secure and stabilize the country and successfully interact with the Iraqi people. Officially, the code name for their maneuvers is Operation Iraqi Freedom. But the young men and women in the CA unit have a simpler name for it: WAR
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An exciting, eye-catching repackage of acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers' bestselling paperbacks, to coincide with the publication of SUNRISE OVER FALLUJA in hardcover. Jimmy hasn't seen his father in nine years. But one day he comes back - on the run from the law. Together, the two of them travel across the country - where Jimmy's dad will find the man who can exonerate him of the crime for which he was convicted. Along the way, Jimmy discovers...
3) Lockdown
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Lockdown is the powerful tale of 14-year-old Reese Anderson, who has spent 22 months in a tiny cell at a “progress center.” Living in fear and isolation, Reese begins looking within himself to find a way out of the prison system.
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There's been another drive-by in Jesse's Harlem neighborhood. Who will be next? When a long-time friend and blood brother Rise asks Jesse to write his biography, the talented artist has no idea his friend's story will be so short. “Eventually you reach manhood, then you got to go through or turn around and go back,” Rise once said. Jesse is going through.
5) Game
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Walter Dean Myers, author of popular young adult books like Monster and Slam!, is a five-time recipient of the prestigious Coretta Scott King Award. For Harlem high school student Drew Lawson, basketball is the only ticket into college, because his grades are lacking. Luckily he's got mad skills on the court, and a scholarship to shoot university hoops seems guaranteed. But then a slam-dunking rival steals the ball right out of Drew's hands, robbing...
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With starred reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist and Kirkus Reviews, this moving novel by acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers is a modern classic. In the late 1960s, Richie Perry is growing up fast on the battlefields of Vietnam. But in the war-torn jungle, every moment is a struggle to survive. All Richie wants is to make it out alive.
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“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” This was one of the most famous catch-phrases of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. Rising from poverty-stricken Louisville in the 1950s he became one of the world's greatest athletes. Beginning life as Cassius Clay, Ali would struggle against opponents both in and out of the ring.
Segregation and racism stood as obstacles in his path, but as he climbed the boxing ranks, his social conscience grew. He refused...