{"product_id":"street-love-9780064407328","title":"Street Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis groundbreaking novel in verse from Walter Dean Myers--two-time Newbery Honor winner and five-time Coretta Scott King Award winner--is a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story set in Harlem. Share this one with readers taken with books by Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, and Elizabeth Acevedo.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether read at home or in the classroom, and alongside the original inspiration or on its own. \u003cem\u003eStreet Love\u003c\/em\u003e is sure to spark opinions and conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This verse novel, in which entire poems dazzle readers with rhyme and rhythm and voice, finds Damien, a straight-A student, headed for Brown University. But he falls in love with Junice, a girl whose mother has just been incarcerated for selling drugs, and his direction could change. Readers enjoy multiple perspectives on this romance and the decision Damien makes.\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus \u003c\/em\u003estarred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hip-hop fans, readers of poetry, and hopeless romantics will respond to the emotional vibrancy of this powerful work.\"\u003cem\u003e (VOYA)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eYour first love is totally wrong for you.\u003cbr\u003eDo you follow your heart?\u003cbr\u003eOr do you run away?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Dean Myers was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author, Printz Award winner, five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, two-time Newbery Honor recipient, and the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Maria Russo, writing in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, called Myers \"one of the greats and a champion of diversity in children's books well before the cause got mainstream attention.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amistad Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780064407328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.16h x 5.06w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Notes and Reprints\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/12\/2007 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e111559 \/ Street Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.4 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 2\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Walter Dean Myers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43291119517877,"sku":"9780064407328","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1309b658-a50f-4646-bc63-9950e13b3a94.jpg?v=1700540141","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/street-love-9780064407328","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}