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Juba!: A Novel
By (Author) Walter Dean Myers
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Amistad Press
19th December 2016
United States
Young Adult
Fiction
813.54
Paperback
208
Width 135mm, Height 203mm, Spine 12mm
191g
In New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myerss final novel, he delivers a gripping story based on the life of a real dancer known as Master Juba, who lived in the nineteenth century.
This engaging historical novel follows the meteoric rise of an immensely talented young black dancer, William Henry Lane, who influenced todays tap, jazz dance, and step. With meticulous and intensive research, Walter Dean Myers has brought to life Jubas story.
The novel includes photographs, maps, and other images from Jubas time, as well as an afterword from Walter Dean Myerss wife, Constance Myers, about the writing process of Juba!
"Myers' moving prose captures the dizzying speed with which the immensely talented Juba's star eventually rises. Poignant, revealing period fiction about race and art in pre-Civil War America." -- Kirkus Reviews "An intriguing glimpse into America's past." -- Booklist "[A] rich story." -- Publishers Weekly
Michael L. Printz Award winner and Margaret A. Edwards Award recipient Walter Dean Myers is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. He is the author of Handbook for Boys; Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam; Monster; Bad Boy: A Memoir; and the Newbery Honor Books, Scorpions and Somewhere in the Darkness. He lives in Jersey City, NJ, with his family. You can visit Walter Dean Myers online at www.walterdeanmyersbooks.com.