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Their whole lives are ahead of them, yet at the same time. Walter dean myers has 180 books on goodreads with 280388 ratings. The twotime national book award finalist discusses his historical novel about the new york city draft riots in 1863 with middle graders and teens, ages 12 and up. The thing that i love best about reading a book by walter dean myers is that i get a different story every time.

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