Harlem summer

Myers, Walter Dean. (Author). Gill, Brandon. (Added Author).

Summary: Myers is at his clever best in this witty and action-packed, coming-of-age story of a teenager's summer during the Harlem Renaissance and his run-ins with famous gangsters, writers, and musicians. It's 1925 and Mark Purvis is a 16-yr-old with a summer to kill. He'd rather jam with his jazz band (they need the practice), but is urged by his parents to get a job. As an assistant at The Crisis, a magazine for the "new Negro," Mark rubs shoulders with Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen. He's invited to a party at Alfred Knopf's place. He's making money, but not enough, and when piano player Fats Waller entices him and his buddies to make some fast cash, Mark finds himself crossing the gangster Dutch Schultz.

Record details

ISBN: 9781470392925 (sound recording)
Physical Description: electronic
electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (5 audio files) : digital
Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: Prince Frederick : Recorded Books Inc., 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Unabridged.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator: Brandon Gill.
Target Audience Note:	Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5 860 Lexile.
System Details Note:	Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 109305 KB).