Darnell Rock Reporting

Walter Dean Myers, Walter D. Meyers. Yearling Books, $5.99 (144pp) ISBN 978-0-440-41157-4

A struggling middle school student finds a way to turn his life around when he works on the school newspaper; PW called this story ""lively"" and ""uplifting."" Ages 8-12. (Mar.)

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