Autobiography of My Dead Brother
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| Author(s) | Walter Dean Myers, Christopher Myers |
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| Publisher | Amistad |
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The thing was that me and Rise were blood brothers, but sometimes I really didn’t know him…. And so Jesse fills his sketchbook with drawings and portraits of his blood brother, Rise, and his comic strip, Spodi Roti and Wise, as he makes sense of the complexities of friendship, loyalty, and loss in a neighborhood where drive-bys, vicious gangs, and abusive cops are everyday realities. Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers delivers an unforgettable novel about life’s hardest lessons, illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Christopher Myers. | |
The thing was that me and Rise were blood brothers, but sometimes I really didn’t know him….
And so Jesse fills his sketchbook with drawings and portraits of his blood brother, Rise, and his comic strip, Spodi Roti and Wise, as he makes sense of the complexities of friendship, loyalty, and loss in a neighborhood where drive-bys, vicious gangs, and abusive cops are everyday realities.
Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers delivers an unforgettable novel about life’s hardest lessons, illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Christopher Myers.
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Barnes and Noble
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.
