Kick - Softcover

Myers, Walter Dean; Workman, Ross

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062004913 ISBN 13: 9780062004918

Publisher: Harperteen, 2012

Synopsis

Kick All soccer player Kevin cares about is winning the State Cup. Until the night he ends up in jail. Sergeant Brown is the cop assigned to be Kevin's mentor. If they can learn to trust each other, maybe Kevin's one mistake won't land him in juvie.

About this title

Review:

"Drugs, drive-by shootings, gang warfare, wasted lives--Myers has written about all these subjects with nuanced understanding and a hard-won, qualified sense of hope."--New York Times

Praise for Lockdown: "Myers creates a nuanced, realistic portrait of a teen dealing with incarceration and violence. Myers gets his voice just right."--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

Praise for Lockdown: "Masterful."--Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Game: "Expertly realized."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Praise for Lockdown: "A moving tale of a kid who may have made a mistake but who still deserves the modest future he seeks. Refreshingly avoids cliché."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)

Praise for Dope Sick, named a 2010 ALA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: "Rich, nuanced."--School Library Journal (starred review)

About the Author:

Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

When Ross Workman was thirteen, he wrote a fan email to his favorite author. When Walter Dean Myers wrote back and asked him whether he would be interested in writing a book, Ross was amazed--and incredibly excited. Four years later, Ross is seventeen and in eleventh grade. In addition to writing, Ross plays a sport every season: high school soccer in the fall, high school wrestling in the winter, and club travel soccer in the spring. He lives in New Jersey.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harperteen
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062004913
• ISBN 13: 9780062004918
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224