Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today's homework.
Author of Monster, Walter Dean Myers writes books troubled teens can
relate to
* The author
of 104 children's and young adult books, Myers doesn't write your average teen
drama. Prom queen characters are replaced by high school dropouts or young soldiers,
vampires by children growing up in single-parent homes.
"With my
writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write
about," Myers says. There are 2 million kids in the United
States who live below the poverty line, and 5 million who have
had someone in their family go to jail.
Kids and teens from
troubled backgrounds look for characters like themselves in books, Myers says.
They "want to read these stories, because they want to know they're going
to be OK," he says.
Myers knows the
audience he wants to reach: He was once a part of it. Growing up as a foster
child in the Morningside
Heights neighborhood of New
York City, Myers dropped out of high school at age 17 and joined the
Army. …
What does the word “humanize”
mean?
What do you think Myers
means by “humanize young people”?
Do you think Myers is the write person to write this type of
books? Why?
** The author of
104 children's and young adult books, Myers doesn't write your average teen
drama. …"With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I
write about," Myers says. There are 2 million kids in the United
States who live below the poverty line, and 5 million who have had
someone in their family go to jail.
Kids and teens from
troubled backgrounds look for characters like themselves in books, Myers says.
They "want to read these stories, because they want to know they're going
to be OK," he says.
Myers knows the
audience…: He was once a part of it. Growing up as a foster child in …New
York City, Myers dropped out of high school at age 17 and joined the
Army. …
Who is Walter Dean Myers’ audience, in other words, who does
he write for?
Why does Myers write for this audience?
Do you think Myers is the write person to write this type of
books? Why?
*** The author of
104 children's and young adult books, Myers doesn't write your average teen
drama. …"With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I
write about," Myers says. There are 2 million kids in the United
States who live below the poverty line, and 5 million who have had
someone in their family go to jail.
Kids and teens…look
for characters like themselves in books, Myers says. They "want to read
these stories, because they want to know they're going to be OK," he says.
Myers … was once a
part of it. Growing up as a foster child in …New
York City, Myers dropped out of high school at age 17….
What kind of books does Myers write?
Why does he write these kind of books?
Why does he say young people want to read his stories?
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