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Summary: Life on 145th Street
Review: A grown man at his own funeral, but he is not dead. He wants to be at his funeral while he is alive so he can hear what is said about him, so he makes his own and pretends to be dead. This is just one thing that can happen on 145th street. This is one of the short stories that is a part of this great book. All the stories focus on one character but in the end they are tied together by a bond, a bond which is that they all live and breath this street. You can enjoy stories to read before bed or you can flash through the whole book at once. It's your choice. Enjoy.
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Summary: The spirit of "the street" is alive in these tales
Review: Award-winning author Myers takes the young reader on a fascinating journey through a brimming-with-life street in New York's Harlem. Each story, while separate, interlocks with the humor, the pathos, the tragedy, and the warmth of the people that inhabit 145th.Myers doesn't hold back in the presentation of some of the more horrific elements of life in the city. Though the book is not particularly graphic, the book mentions drug abuse, the sadness and pressures of poverty, and the inhumanity of a "drive-by". But, the book is still uplifting in its portrayal of the familial bonds that dwell on the street as residents come together to assist each other with surviving the trials and tribulations of day to day life. All of the selections are well-written and engrossing, with special note given to the humorous "Big Joe's Funeral", "The Streak", the touching "The Fighter", the tender "Kitty and Mack: A Love Story", the inspirational "The Christmas Story", and the poignant "Angela's Eyes".
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Summary: The spirit of "the street" is alive in these tales
Review: Award-winning author Myers takes the young reader on a fascinating journey through a brimming-with-life street in New York's Harlem. Each story, while separate, interlocks with the humor, the pathos, the tragedy, and the warmth of the people that inhabit 145th. Myers doesn't hold back in the presentation of some of the more horrific elements of life in the city. Though the book is not particularly graphic, the book mentions drug abuse, the sadness and pressures of poverty, and the inhumanity of a "drive-by". But, the book is still uplifting in its portrayal of the familial bonds that dwell on the street as residents come together to assist each other with surviving the trials and tribulations of day to day life. All of the selections are well-written and engrossing, with special note given to the humorous "Big Joe's Funeral", "The Streak", the touching "The Fighter", the tender "Kitty and Mack: A Love Story", the inspirational "The Christmas Story", and the poignant "Angela's Eyes".
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Summary: Anotha One of Walter's Finest
Review: I had to read this book 4 school and I thought it waz gonna be really stupid. But then I started to read through it and I really enjoyed it. I owned Mouse Rap but I neva read it, and I just finished Slam. But this book iz different than the others. Even though Slam is my all time favorite this book waz really good. I liked how Walter Dean Myers put the characters in real life situations and showed how they dealt it out.
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Summary: 145th Street Stories
Review: I liked the book because it was funny. All the short stories are a good length, and they all can make you laugh. My favorite story will have to be Monkey Man. Monkey Man had saved a girl from a gang named the Tigros. After that, the tigros wanted to get Monkey Man. Monkey Man told tem to met him in the park, and so the did. He was not serially hurt. Later he was stabbed. He survived. I would recommend this book to others because it was funny.
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Summary: It Realated![.]
Review: I really liked the book because it realated or reminded me of being back home! Back home it seemed like everywhere around where i stayed everybody knew everybody, and thats the way the book was. On 145th street it seemed like everything happened and when it did everybody knew about it! i Also like the book because i like how he makes it sound like we're all sitting around listening to someone tell what happened earlier that day! The stories i really injoyed were Big Joe's funeral, and The Baddest Dog in harlem! I m really loking forward to reading more of his books!
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Summary: 145th street
Review: In the beginning of the book their is a guy called Big Joe and he had a funeral because he die,but then he stand up and gets out of the coffin and partyies then the cops come to the party and said"what the heck is going on?"The book is short stories that happend in te street.Weird stuff happends in 145th street that dont happend nowhere else. The story that I like in the book was Kitty and Mack:A love story because it was romance. The story that I did not like was Big Joe's funeral because it saids that he was dead and then its says that it was not dead.That got me confused.The story that ilke the most was Block Party 145th street style because it was the best block party in the story then Big Joe's funeral party. I recommend this book because the short stories are great,cool,and funny.Also because one of this things could happend to your street.
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Summary: 145th Street: Short Stories
Review: In the book 145th Street Short Stories by Walter Dean Myers he talks about all things that happen in this street. There are some gansters but best of all some great friends that are always there when you need them. In this book you will meet some teenagers that are faced with hard decisions. WhatI liked about the book was how the author used descriptive language ,I can vizualize and connect. I like almost all of the stories because its like you learn lesson from the story.In this book I connected a lot but I learned three lessons for life. I recommend this book to anyone that is in 5th grade and up, but I think its more of a middle school book.In this book you will learn some new things. Read on to discover a book that has some interesting stories or experiences.
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Summary: 145th street
Review: In the book 145th street weird things happend.Big Joe's funeral was gay becuase it didn't have any action.I think that the best story was block party because it was tight all the things that happened ience they started doing the party. The part of the book that i most like was when they did the wedding and it was really cool and exciting.Also i like that part because it was tight and i feel like reading that book again more and more times. I recommend that book to all the people specially to the middle school kids because it is very interesting for the people to read.And i recommend this book to the people that like action and that want to have fun for a while.
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Summary: 145 the Street
Review: In the book called 145th street,things happend that don't happen anywhere else in the world.There is mysteries and secrets on that street that nobody has revealed.People on 145th street acted different.Billy is the best fighter of the street.The author of the book is Walter Dean Mayers. I like this book because I like the weird things that happend on that street.I also like the book because in some parts of the book there was action, like the part when Billy and Vegas were fighting, Billy was throwing right and left shots to Vegas' face.What I like the most about the book was the short story called,Block party 145th street style, because it has a wedding with a lot of action. I recommend this book to teenagers because its like a middle school book.Also I recommend this book to teenagers because is a good book that talks about 14 or 15 year old kids, it has action and funny things that grab your mind so you want to read more.
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