false <![CDATA[Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172904189m/229778.jpg 229778 11 Lately everybody's messing with Jamal. His teachers, the kids at school, even his dad. And now that Jamal's brother Randy's in the slam, Crazy Mack has a crazy idea. He wants Jamal to take control of the Scorpions and run crack. </P><P>All the gang jive--Jamal has no use for it. Unless, like some say, it's the only way to cop the bread for Randy's appeal...</P> <P>The story of twelve-year-old Jamal, whose life changes drastically when he acquires a gun. Though he survives the experience, it's not without sacrificing his innocence and possibly his relationship with his best friend. </P> <P> <awards> 1989 Newbery Honor Book<br>Notable Children's Books of 1988 (ALA)1988 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)<br>1989 Recommended Books for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (ALA)The USA Through Children's Books 1990 (ALA)Young Adult Choices for 1990 (IRA)1989 Judy Lopez Children's Books Award, Honorable Mention<br>Children's Books of 1988 (Library of Congress)1989 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)</awards> 1662133 1988 Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book) total:441|5:115|4:138|3:138|2:31|1:19| 441 1622 586 132 5 1 false false Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 13:42:15 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 23:42:22 -0700 2008
It wasn't until re-reading a few sections over again, over the phone with this young student's summer reader, that Myers hits you. If you read too quick...more...]]> 0 1 false true Wed Apr 02 13:32:27 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 13:32:56 -0700 2008 Book Bank Book Bank subject: Complement to the classic ______________________

Reference information:
Title Scorpions
Author Walter Dean Myers
Publisher Harper & Row Year 1988
# of pages 216...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 03 07:28:37 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 07:29:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 15:47:35 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 15:57:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 27 07:40:16 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 06:08:20 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 07:40:16 -0700 2009 Scorpions is about a boy, Jamal that becomes the leader of a dangerous gang in order to raise money to buy a lawyer for his brother. Jamal’s brother Randy was once the leader, until he was arrested for killing a man. Jamal’s family has no idea about him leading this gang, but his younger si...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 17 16:25:08 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 19:03:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 18 18:57:55 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 09:06:25 -0700 2009
VOYA Book Review Codes ~ Quality 3Q; Popularity 4P; Grade Level Interest J, S

Developmental Assets: 12,28,32

This is a fast paced book dealing with family, friendship, diversity, high school and prison all intertwined with a gang - the ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 10 21:11:30 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 21:16:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 19 03:24:54 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 03:36:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jan 23 12:32:06 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 05:43:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 16 20:21:06 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 20:26:44 -0700 2009 It might seem odd to call a book that is populated with so many merciless thugs "beautiful", but that is exactly the word I would choose to describe the almost lyrical style of Walter Dean Myers in these pages. As Jamal descend...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 09:01:15 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 12:08:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 08 19:04:35 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 19:44:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 29 16:56:56 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 05:44:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 14 09:13:29 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 09:17:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon Sep 21 11:32:13 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 11:16:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 08:02:43 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 06:22:34 -0700 2009 Don't play with guns! is one of the major themes here, and Myers is pretty open about that. My favorite parts of the book are the more subtle and more disturbing, though: Jamal's teachers and principal pegging him as a delinquent and encouraging him to drop out because they assume he's a bad apple s...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 07:53:32 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 07:53:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 10:14:59 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 10:15:35 -0700 2008 Book Bank Book Bank subject: Compliments to the classics

Reference information:
Title: Scorpions
Author: Walter Dean Myers
Publisher: HarperCollins Year: 1988
# of pages: 216 Genre: Compliments to the cla...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 23 11:27:35 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 11:28:25 -0700 2008 Title Scorpion
Author Walter D. Myers
Publisher HarperCollins Year 1988
# of pages 224 Genre Fiction
Reading level 6 Interest level grades 10-12
Potential hot lava:
• gangs and violence
• language
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