Author: Walter Dean Myers Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Young adult, Fiction, Mystery, Crime
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ISBNs: 9780060582937 0060582936 |
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Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers has written a realistic urban novel that probes a fatal crisis in the life of two boys. Jesse, the book's narrator, and Rise are best friends, but as time passes, Rise grows increasingly alienated and unpredictable. Living in a neighborhood where gang fights and drive-by shootings are almost commonplace, Jesse wonders whether he and his estranged blood brother are already doomed. A powerful novel from the author of Shooter and Monster.
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