An inspiring biography of Muhammad Ali from the legendary Walter Dean Myers, reissued under Scholastic Focus for a new generation. A tall, athletic boy who fought with other kids and threw books around the classroom and talked when he wasnt supposed to. : Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity and Growing-Up Asian American, It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life, Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, Jefferson's Children: The Story of One American Family, First They Killed My Father : A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, In the Line of Fire: Presidents' Lives at Stake, Darkness Over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews, Give Me Liberty! Walter Dean Myers, author of Slam (Scholastic) Illustrator Award Winner. New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers's last novel, delivers a gripping story based on the life of a real dancer known as Master Juba, who lived in the nineteenth century, and influenced today's tap, jazz, and step dancing. The flow of the story is fantastic, which made the book so easy to read. Patricia C. & Fredrick L. McKissack, authors of Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts (Scholastic) Illustrator Honor I love your style. Its all work, and you have to put your mind and heart in it. Walter Dean Myers receives honorary degree from Caldwell College. Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media, Signaling lymphocytic activation molecule, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slam&oldid=1003208616, Disambiguation pages with short descriptions, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, SLAMS (Space-Land-Air Missile Shield), a fictional anti-ballistic missile system featured in, Simulation Language for Analogue Modelling (or SLAM), a, Shoulder-Launched Antiaircraft Missile (or SLAM), a competing design proposal rejected in favor of the, Submarine Launched Airflight Missile (or SLAM), an experimental variant of the British, Service Level Agreement Monitoring (or SLAM), often used in the, This page was last edited on 27 January 2021, at 22:41. Myers, Walter Dean: Slam! Follows five generations of an African-American family, from the capture and enslavement of the first ancestor, through the Civil War and the end of segregation, to a troubled cousin's reunion with his family. The derelict Stratford Arms is turned over to the Action Group to be cleaned up. But then the group realizes that there is an outrageous bunch of tenants living in the building. Location. Focusing so much on basketball that he is unable to help his dad at work, Amar'e is teased by older players and is forced to take time off for an eye injury that gives him the opportunity to bond with his father. But his failing grades and volatile temper are becoming obstacles to the success he yearns for. Slam's going one-on-one with his future, and it's a showdown he can't afford to lose. i know im late but you were a huge inspiration on my book i didnt release yet called we gon make iti was inspired by monster and slamthanks #Bonez #RIP. Sportswriter John Feinstein (A Good Walk Spoiled) authored this book about two aspiring journalists who win press passes to the Final Four basketball tournament. That said, this isn't a slam-dunk signing. 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They keep me interested and I learn some good things about myself sometimes. : A Worm's Story, Sunshine Rider: The First Vegetarian Western, Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution, In A Sacred Manner I Live: Native American Wisdom, The Human Mind Explained: An Owner's Guide to the Mysteries of the Mind, Planet Hunters: The Search for Other Worlds, Over the Top of the World: Explorer Will Steger's Trek Across the Arctic, Little X: Growing Up in the Nation of Islam, Joycelyn Elders, M.D. My condolences to the family of Mr. Walter Dean Meyers. The NLCS moves back to Atlanta where the Braves host the Dodgers. Jerry Pinkney, illustrator of Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman, written by Alan Schroeder (Dial Books for Young Readers) Author Honor. 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