Here in Harlem Summary
Walted Dean Myers

Everything you need to understand or teach Here in Harlem by Walted Dean Myers.

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Here in Harlem Summary

Walter Dean Myers is an accomplished and prolific writer of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for young adults. Most of his prize-winning works explore the experiences of urban youth. Myers often turns to Harlem, his hometown, as a source of inspiration and as a setting for his novels and his poetry. In 1997, he published Harlem, a picture book of poetry illustrated by his son Christopher. The book focused on the representative historical journey of...

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