{"product_id":"street-love-paperback","title":"Street Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalter Dean Myers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour first love is totally wrong for you. \u003cbr\u003eDo you follow your heart? \u003cbr\u003eOr do you run away?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJunice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat am I doing? He'll take one quick look\u003cbr\u003eAnd wish he was anywhere else but here\u003cbr\u003eI'm already ashamed of what I think\u003cbr\u003eHe will think of me, of the life I lead\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDamien \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes, she is the fruit that will\u003cbr\u003eSustain me and yes, she brings\u003cbr\u003eA rain that I know can chill\u003cbr\u003eBut it is a rain so sweet and sings\u003cbr\u003eA song my soul insists\u003cbr\u003eThat I follow, if I would exist\u003cbr\u003eAs more than I have ever, ever been\u003cbr\u003eIf my mother calls it evil, then I embrace the sin\u003c\/p\u003e--School Library Journal\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour first love is totally wrong for you. \u003cbr\u003eDo you follow your heart? \u003cbr\u003eOr do you run away?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJunice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat am I doing? He'll take one quick look\u003cbr\u003eAnd wish he was anywhere else but here\u003cbr\u003eI'm already ashamed of what I think\u003cbr\u003eHe will think of me, of the life I lead\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDamien \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes, she is the fruit that will\u003cbr\u003eSustain me and yes, she brings\u003cbr\u003eA rain that I know can chill\u003cbr\u003eBut it is a rain so sweet and sings\u003cbr\u003eA song my soul insists\u003cbr\u003eThat I follow, if I would exist\u003cbr\u003eAs more than I have ever, ever been\u003cbr\u003eIf my mother calls it evil, then I embrace the sin\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 7.16 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Street Love\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47691037999325,"sku":"9780064407328","price":19.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/35fXjh9vYZ9780064407328.webp?v=1774113735","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/street-love-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}