What they found : love on 145th street / Walter Dean Myers.

Author/creator Myers, Walter Dean
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Wendy Lamb Books, ©2007.
Description243 pages ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Romance fiction
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Beauty shops--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Beauty shops--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.

Contents The fashion show, grand opening, and bar-b-que memorial service -- What would Jesus do? -- Mama -- The life you need to have -- Burn -- Some men are just funny that way -- Jump at the sun -- Law and order -- The man thing -- Society for the Preservation of Sorry-Butt Negroes -- Madonna -- The real deal -- Marisol and Skeeter -- Poets and plumbers -- Combat zone.
Abstract Fifteen interrelated stories explore different aspects of love, such as a dying father's determination to help start a family business--a beauty salon--and the relationship of two teens who plan to remain celibate until they marry.
Local noteLittle-345541--305131046635.
Awards noteA Junior Library Guild selection
Genre/formYoung adult fiction.
LCCN 2007007057
ISBN0385321384 (alk. paper) :
ISBN9780385321389 (alk. paper) :
ISBN0375937099 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780375937095 (alk. paper)
Stock numberJunior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

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Joyner TRC Fiction F M9929WH ✔ Available Place Hold