Your first love is totally wrong for you. Readers enjoy multiple perspectives on this romance and the decision Damien makes." ( Kirkus starred review) "Hip-hop fans, readers of poetry, and hopeless romantics will respond to the emotional vibrancy of this powerful work." (VOYA) But he falls in love with Junice, a girl whose mother has just been incarcerated for selling drugs, and his direction could change. "This verse novel, in which entire poems dazzle readers with rhyme and rhythm and voice, finds Damien, a straight-A student, headed for Brown University. Street Love is sure to spark opinions and conversations. Whether read at home or in the classroom, and alongside the original inspiration or on its own. Share this one with readers taken with books by Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, and Elizabeth Acevedo.
This groundbreaking novel in verse from Walter Dean Myers-two-time Newbery Honor winner and five-time Coretta Scott King Award winner-is a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story set in Harlem.
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