{"product_id":"handbook-for-boys-9780064409308","title":"Handbook for Boys","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the groundbreaking tradition of his award-winning \u003cem\u003eMonster\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBad Boy: A Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, Walter Dean Myers fashions a highly readable, powerful novel about the rules for success for young men, especially those navigating coming of age while Black.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJimmy and Kevin could use a guide to life. When each of the boys gets in the kind of trouble that almost lands them in juvenile detention, their neighbor Duke steps in and offers them jobs in his Harlem barbershop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe regulars at the barbershop seriously get on Jimmy's nerves. Duke, Cap, and Mister M all seem determined to give the two boys a hard time. Still, it seems like everyone who walks through the door and sits in Duke's chair has a story and a philosophy--whether they know it or not--and Jimmy is listening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt drives Jimmy nuts when the adults in his life assume he doesn't know anything--and he's got a lot of anger to go around. But it might turn out that listening to the conversations in Duke's shop could be the education on living that Jimmy needs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn his introduction to \u003cem\u003eHandbook for Boys\u003c\/em\u003e, Walter Dean Myers wrote: \"I know as a troubled teenager I would have loved to have a neighborhood barbershop to sit in and a group of worldly and knowledgeable men to counsel me. Thinking about this was my motivation in writing this book, hoping it will be, in the least, a jumping-off point for many interesting conversations about success.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMyers, Walter Dean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Dean Myers \u003c\/strong\u003ewas the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eMonster\u003c\/em\u003e, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers was recognized by every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and five Coretta Scott King Book Award winners. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quill Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717674930450,"sku":"9780064409308","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d1de0543-e92c-44c4-b19b-c8c472931756.jpg?v=1758635372","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/handbook-for-boys-9780064409308","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}