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= = = = =Bad Boy= By Walter Dean Myers = = =This isn't in my own words its from the back of the book= As a boy, Walter Dean Myers was quick tempered and physically strong, always ready to fight he also read coraciously-he would check out books from the library and carry them home, hidden in brown paper bags in order to avoid other boys' teasing. He aspired to be a writer. But growing up in a poor family in Harlem, his hope for a successful future diminished as he came to realize fully the class and racial struggles that surrounded him. He began to doubt himself and the values that he had always relied on, attending high school less and less, turning to the streets and his books for comfort.

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