The Cruisers: Book 1 (1)

By Walter Dean Myers

Book Overview

Eighth grade is hard enough, but when you're a Cruiser, you're really put to the test. The launch of a new middle-grade series from bestselling award-winner Walter Dean Myers. Zander and his friends, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi start their own newspaper, The Cruiser, as a means for speaking out, keeping the peace, and expressing what they believe. When the school launches a mock Civil War, Zander and his friends are 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439916267
• ISBN13: 9780439916264
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9