The Cruisers |
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Author:
| Myers, Walter Dean |
Read by:
| Free, Kevin R. |
Series title: | Cruisers Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4418-7910-3 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2010 |
Publisher: | Brilliance Publishing, Inc.
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Book Format: | Pre-recorded MP3 player |
List Price: | USD $34.99 |
Book Description:
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Zander Scott and his friends, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi are in trouble. Even though theyre students at DaVinci, one of the best Gifted and Talented schools in Harlem, their grades are slipping, and Mr. Culpepper, the Assistant Principal and Chief Executioner, is ready to be rid of them. When the school starts a unit on the Civil War, and kids split up into Union and Confederate sympathizers, Zander and his crew are given a charge to negotiate a peace between both sides before the war...
More DescriptionZander Scott and his friends, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi are in trouble. Even though theyre students at DaVinci, one of the best Gifted and Talented schools in Harlem, their grades are slipping, and Mr. Culpepper, the Assistant Principal and Chief Executioner, is ready to be rid of them. When the school starts a unit on the Civil War, and kids split up into Union and Confederate sympathizers, Zander and his crew are given a charge to negotiate a peace between both sides before the war actually breaks out. Thats when Zander comes up with the idea to launch an alternative school newspaper called The Cruiser. What he and his friends learn is that their writing has power to keep the peace, but that words can be weapons, too. Soon everyone at DaVinci is forced to consider the true meaning of democracy and what it costs to stand up for a cause. The result is nothing they could have expected, and everything they could have hoped for. Acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers delivers the first book in a series that will have boys and girls cheering for a group of outsiders who may just be the coolest kids in town.