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  CRYSTAL (HarperCollins, 2002)

  DARNELL ROCK REPORTING (Yearling, 1996)

  THE DRAGON TAKES A WIFE

  illustrated by Fiona French (Scholastic, 2000)

  FALLEN ANGELS (Scholastic, 1988)

  Coretta Scott King Author Award

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

  An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

  An ALA Booklist Young Adult Editors’ Choice

  A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

  The Horn Book Fanfare Honor List

  Parents’ Choice Award

  A CBC/NCSS Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies

  ABC Choice

  FAST SAM, COOL CLYDE, AND STUFF (Viking, 1988)

  THE GLORY FIELD (Scholastic, 1994)

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A CBC/NCSS Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies

  A NYPL Book for the Teen Age

  HANDBOOK FOR BOYS: A NOVEL (HarperCollins, 2002)

  HOOPS (Laurel Leaf, 1983)

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

  HOW MR. MONKEY SAW THE WHOLE WORLD

  illustrated by Synthia Saint James (Delacorte, 1996)

  IT AIN’T ALL FOR NOTHIN’

  (coming from HarperCollins, 2003)

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

  ME, MOP, AND THE MOONDANCE KID

  (Yearling, 1991)

  MONSTER

  illustrated by Christopher Myers (HarperCollins, 1999)

  Michael L. Printz Award

  A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

  A National Book Award Finalist

  A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist

  An Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee

  A Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

  An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

  A CCBC Choice

  A BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

  A NYPL Book for the Teen Age

  MOTOWN AND DIDI: A LOVE STORY

  (Laurel Leaf, 1987)

  Coretta Scott King Author Award

  THE MOUSE RAP (HarperCollins, 1990)

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

  An IRA/CBC Children’s Choice

  My Name Is America: A Dear America Book

  THE JOURNAL OF BIDDY OWENS: THE NEGRO LEAGUES

  (Scholastic, 2001)

  THE JOURNAL OF JOSHUA LOPER: A BLACK COWBOY, THE CHISHOLM TRAIL, 1871

  (Scholastic, 1999)

  THE JOURNAL OF SCOTT PENDLETON COLLINS:

  A WORLD WAR II SOLDIER, NORMANDY, FRANCE, 1944

  (Scholastic, 1999)

  145TH STREET: SHORT STORIES (Delacorte, 2000)

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

  A Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book

  THE OUTSIDE SHOT (Laurel Leaf, 1987)

  THE RIGHTEOUS REVENGE OF ARTEMIS BONNER

  (HarperCollins, 1992)

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

  An ALA Popular Paperback for Young Adults

  SCORPIONS (HarperCollins, 1988)

  A Newbery Honor Book

  An ALA Notable Children’s Book

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

  An ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

  An IRA Young Adult Choice

  SHADOW OF THE RED MOON

  illustrated by Christopher Myers (Scholastic, 1995)

  SLAM! (Scholastic, 1996)

  Coretta Scott King Author Award

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

  An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

  SMIFFY BLUE: ACE CRIME DETECTIVE: THE CASE

  OF THE MISSING RUBY AND OTHER STORIES

  illustrated by David J. A. Sims (Scholastic, 1999)

  SOMEWHERE IN THE DARKNESS

  (Scholastic, 1992)

  A Newbery Honor Book

  A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

  An ALA Notable Children’s Book

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

  An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

  A Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book

  An ALA Booklist Young Adult Editors’ Choice

  A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

  The Horn Book Fanfare Honor List

  A NYPL Book for the Teen Age

  Stories of America

  A PLACE CALLED HEARTBREAK: A STORY OF VIETNAM

  illustrated by Frederick Porter (Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1992)

  YOUNG MARTIN’S PROMISE

  illustrated by Barbara Higgins Bond (Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1992)

  THE STORY OF THE THREE KINGDOMS

  illustrated by Ashley Bryan (HarperCollins, 1995)

  SWEET ILLUSIONS

  (Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1986)

  18 Pine St.

  NO. 12: TAKING SIDES (Bantam, 1994)

  WON’T KNOW TILL I GET THERE (Viking, 1988)

  THE YOUNG LANDLORDS (Puffin, 1992)

  Coretta Scott King Author Award

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

  NONFICTION & POETRY

  AMISTAD: A LONG ROAD TO FREEDOM

  (Dutton, 1998)

  An IRA/CBC Children’s Choice

  ANGEL TO ANGEL: A MOTHER’S GIFT OF LOVE

  (HarperCollins, 1998)

  AT HER MAJESTY’S REQUEST: AN AFRICAN

  PRINCESS IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND

  (Scholastic, 1999)

  An Orbis Pictus Honor Book (NCTE)

  A Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts (NCTE)

  A CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People

  A BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

  NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing

  An IRA Notable Book for a Global Society

  BROWN ANGELS: AN ALBUM OF PICTURES AND VERSE

  (HarperCollins, 1993)

  An ALA Notable Children’s Book

  A Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts (NCTE)

  A NYPL Book for the Teen Age

  A Parenting Magazine Ten Best Book

  THE GREATEST: MUHAMMAD ALI (Scholastic, 2001)

  HARLEM: A POEM illustrated by Christopher Myers (Scholastic, 1997)

  A Caldecott Honor Book

  A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book

  An ALA Notable Children’s Book

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

  An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

  A Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book

  An ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice

  A CBC/NCSS Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies

  A Book Links Lasting Connection

  MALCOLM X: BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

  (Scholastic, 1994)

  A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

  An ALA Notable Children’s Book

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

  The Horn Book Fanfare Honor List

  A Library of Congress Children’s Book of the Year

  A CBC/NCSS Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies

  A NYPL Book for the Teen Age

  MALCOLM X: A FIRE BURNING BRIGHTLY illustrated by Leonard Jenkins (HarperCollins, 2000)

  A CBC/NCSS Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies

  A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

  NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing

  NOW IS YOUR TIME!:

  THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM

  (HarperCollins, 1991)

  Coretta Scott King Author Award

  An ALA Notable Children’s Book

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

  An Orbis Pictus Honor Book (NCTE)

  Carter G. Woodson Book Award for Outstanding Merit Book (NCSS)

  A Jane Addams Book Award Honor Book

  A Golden Kite Award Honor Book for No
nfiction (SCBW)

  ONE MORE RIVER TO CROSS:

  AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM

  (Harcourt Brace, 1995)

  An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

  PATROL

  illustrated by Ann Grifalconi (coming from HarperCollins, 2002)

  TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE:

  THE FIGHT FOR HAITI’S FREEDOM

  illustrated by Jacob Lawrence (Simon & Schuster, 1996)

  An ALA Notable Children’s Book

  And I’m still typing…

  About the Author

  WALTER DEAN MYERS is an award-winning writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for young people. He has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for his contribution to young adult literature and is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. His many titles include MONSTER, the 2000 Michael L. Printz Award winner, National Book Award Finalist, Coretta Scott King Honor Book, and Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book; MALCOLM X: A Fire Burning Brightly, illustrated by Leonard Jenkins; the Caldecott Honor Book HARLEM, illustrated by Christopher Myers; and the Newbery Honor Books SCORPIONS and SOMEWHERE IN THE DARKNESS. Walter Dean Myers lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his family.

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  Credits

  Jacket art © 2001 by Robert Andrew Parker

  Jacket design by Alison Donalty

  Jacket © 2001 by HarperCollins Publishers

  Also by

  WALTER DEAN MYERS

  FICTION

  HANDBOOK FOR BOYS: A NOVEL

  MONSTER

  2000 Michael L. Printz Award

  1999 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

  1999 National Book Award Finalist

  THE MOUSE RAP

  THE RIGHTEOUS REVENGE OF ARTEMIS BONNER

  SCORPIONS

  1989 Newbery Honor Book

  THE STORY OF THE THREE KINGDOMS

  NONFICTION

  ANGEL TO ANGEL: A MOTHER’S GIFT OF LOVE

  BROWN ANGELS: AN ALBUM OF PICTURES AND VERSE

  MALCOLM X: A FIRE BURNING BRIGHTLY

  NOW IS YOUR TIME!:

  THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM

  1992 Coretta Scott King Author Award

  AWARDS

  1994 ALA Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults

  1994 ALAN Award for outstanding contribution to the field of young adult literature

  Copyright

  BAD BOY: A Memoir. Copyright © 2001 by Walter Dean Myers. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

  EPub © Edition OCTOBER 2008 ISBN: 9780061974939

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