Harlem Summer, Walter Dean Myers
Harlem Summer, Walter Dean Myers
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Harlem Summer

Author: Walter Dean Myers

Narrator: Brandon Gill

Unabridged: 3 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/10/2014

Synopsis

Myers is at his clever best in this witty and action-packed, coming-of-age story of a teenager's summer during the Harlem Renaissance and his run-ins with famous gangsters, writers, and musicians. It's 1925 and Mark Purvis is a 16-yr-old with a summer to kill. He'd rather jam with his jazz band (they need the practice), but is urged by his parents to get a job. As an assistant at The Crisis, a magazine for the "new Negro," Mark rubs shoulders with Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen. He's invited to a party at Alfred Knopf's place. He's making money, but not enough, and when piano player Fats Waller entices him and his buddies to make some fast cash, Mark finds himself crossing the gangster Dutch Schultz.

About 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 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 and 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sherrell on April 24, 2014

This is book left me with so many questions. Society conveys people's assumption and interpretation of the world when growing up. Mark is put into a situation were he's forced to get a job to help out his family raise money for his brother for college. To raise some extra money he takes on a job wit......more

Goodreads review by Yousra on February 23, 2015

I really loved the writing of this book: easy, straight forward, fun. The story was entertaining and I loved that it featured real people (I enjoyed reading the section in the back of the book). I enjoyed the characters and the setting of the book. Overall a really good book.......more

Goodreads review by James on March 13, 2019

Harlem Summer by Walter Dean Myers is a humorous, action filled book which was set in the setting of the Harlem Renaissance. It’s 1925 and Mark Purvis who is 16 years old has a summer to spend. He would rather jam out with his jazz band but his parents urge him to get a summer job. Mark’s family is......more

Goodreads review by Caitlynn on September 20, 2017

This book was really good. This book is about days in Harlem and about the life of Mark Purvis. It also tells us about how there were "Gangster" and "Hoodlums" that sold illegal alcohol. In the story mark.......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on November 18, 2012

Reviewed by Christian C. for TeensReadToo.com It's the summer of 1925 in Harlem, a summer that sixteen-year-old Mark Purvis will never forget. In just a months time, Mark will get to meet the best and the worst people of New York City. Mark gets a job at The Crisis, a magazine that promotes and encou......more

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