Here in Harlem

By Walter Dean Myers

Subjects: American Young adult poetry, Lyrik, African Americans, American poetry, african american authors, New york (n.y.), poetry, Reading Level-Grade 12, Reading Level-Grade 9, Children's poetry, Reading Level-Grade 8, Juvenile Poetry, Reading Level-Grade 7, American young adult poetry, Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Reading Level-Grade 11, American poetry, Poetry, Reading Level-Grade 10

Description: Acclaimed writer Walter Dean Myers celebrates the people of Harlem with these powerful and soulful first-person poems in the voices of the residents who make up the legendary neighborhood: basketball players, teachers, mail carriers, jazz artists, maids, veterans, nannies, students, and more. Exhilarating and electric, these poems capture the energy and resilience of a neighborhood and a people.