Right into a memoir that’s gripping, funny, heartbreaking, and unforgettable, Walter Dean Myers richly weaves the facts of his Harlem childhood in the 1940s and 1950s: a loving home life with his adopted parents, Bible school, street games, as well as the vitality of his neighborhood. Although Walter spent a lot of his period either getting into trouble or on the golf ball courtroom, secretly he was a voracious audience and an aspiring article writer. But simply because his prospects for an effective future diminished, the values he had been taught in the home, in school, and in his community seemed worthless, and he considered the roads and his books for ease and comfort. Within his own terms is the tale of one from the most powerful voices in children’s and youthful adult books today.