Game (14 page)

Authors: Walter Dean Myers

But for me the sun was shining, clouds were doing their floating thing, birds were making their little bird circles, and life was kicking. I thought of the brother me and Ruffy had met on the elevator in the court building. “Not guilty.”

I was in my room when Jocelyn came to the door, leaned against the jamb, and asked me was I scared to go off to college.

“You can tell me,” she said. “I won't tell anyone.”

“I'm a little nervous about it,” I said.

“And ain't that cool?” she asked.

It was.

About the Author

WALTER DEAN MYERS
is the renowned author of AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MY DEAD BROTHER, a National Book Award Finalist; SHOOTER, an ALA Quick Pick for Young Adult Readers; MONSTER, the first winner of the Michael L. Printz Award; THE DREAM BEARER and HANDBOOK FOR BOYS:
A Novel
, both New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age; BAD BOY:
A Memoir
, a Parents' Choice Gold Award winner; and the Newbery Honor Books SCORPIONS and SOMEWHERE IN THE DARKNESS. He wrote THE HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS:
When Pride Met Courage
, a Book Sense Pick; PATROL:
An American Soldier in Vietnam
, illustrated by Ann Grifalconi; I'VE SEEN THE PROMISED LAND:
The Ufe of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
and MALCOLM X:
A Fire Burning Brightly
, both illustrated by Leonard Jenkins; and HARLEM, a Caldecott Honor Book, and JAZZ, both illustrated by Christopher Myers. He makes frequent appearances with the National Basketball Association's "Read to Achieve" program. Mr. Myers lives with his family in Jersey City, New Jersey.

You can visit him online at www.walterdeanmyers.net.

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ALSO BY WALTER DEAN MYERS

FICTION

Autobiography of My Dead Brother

National Book Award Finalist

Crystal

The Dream Bearer

Handbook For Boys: A Novel

It Ain't All for Nothin'

Monster

Michael L. Printz Award

Coretta Scott King Honor Book

National Book Award Finalist

The Mouse Rap

Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam

Jane Addams Children's Book Award

The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner

Scorpions

Newbery Honor Book

Shooter

Street Love

The Story of the Three Kingdoms

NONFICTION

Angel to Angel: A Mother's Gift of Love

Bad Boy: A Memoir

Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse

I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly

Now Is Your Time!: The African-American Struggle for Freedom
Coretta Scott King Award
(Author)

The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage

Copyright

GAME
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EPub Â© Edition DECEMBER 2008 ISBN: 9780061985591

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