Street Love

Name: Street Love
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Walter Dean Myers
ISBN: 9781980053385

Author: Walter Dean Myers

Narrator: Karen Chilton, Korey Jackson, Corey Allen, Carra Patterson

Unabridged: 1 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/18/2020

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, African American & Black Fiction, Social Themes, Romance

Synopsis

Your first love is totally wrong for you. Do you follow your heart? Or do you run away? Junice What am I doing? He'll take one quick look And wish he was anywhere else but here I'm already ashamed of what I think He will think of me, of the life I lead Damien Yes, she is the fruit that will Sustain me and yes, she brings A rain that I know can chill But it is a rain so sweet and sings A song my soul insists That I follow, if I would exist As more than I have ever, ever been If my mother calls it evil, then I embrace the sin

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 Jamie (Books and Ladders) on December 19, 2016

Actual Rating: 3.5* I really liked this one. it is written in verse and is a good retelling of R&J. I really felt for both characters but I wanted a bit more chemistry between them -- or at least interactions -- to really feel the love. Especially since the ending was very forward compared to the bri......more

Goodreads review by Sara on November 03, 2018

A very good poem that just drew me in and captured me. This is the story of a teenage girl from the streets of Harlem whose mom goes to jail for drug dealing and her boyfriend, a young middle class guy with a promising future. They seem star-crossed, but I had to read to the end to see what happens t......more

Goodreads review by Josiah on November 07, 2009

"If anyone could look into my head See or feel the dread that has captured Me or see within this sad, unhappy brain They would only turn away Turn away." —Junice, Street Love, P. 15 "On the streets of the city They have taken my Who-I-Am As well as my What-I-Was And now I am desperate for them both......more

Goodreads review by Angela on July 26, 2023

this book was written in verse but not so poetic that the plot was lost in translation. the love between these two characters was so wholesome yet mature that you would think they were adults. I think this was so well written + will definitely be reading more by Walter Dean Myers.......more

Goodreads review by Aaron on April 06, 2015

In the beginning of the book it displays the dislike between Sledge and Damien. Damien is someone who came above the street life and works hard in school. He was accepted into Brown University. On the other hand Sledge is caught up in the streets and not living his life towards the right direction.......more