Oh, Snap!

Walter Dean Myers's Cruisers series keeps going strong!The Cruisers are in trouble -- again. The freedom of expression they've enjoyed by publishing their own school newspaper, THE CRUISER, has spread all the way to England, where kids from a school "across the pond" are now contributors to their own school's most talked-about publication. When photos start to go alongside the articles written by kids, things get suspicious. Zander, Kambui, LaShonda, Bobbi -- and a bunch of students from Harlem's DaVinci Academy and London's Phoenix School -- come to learn that words and pictures in a newspaper don't always tell the whole story. With his signature on-point pacing and whip-smart characters, award-winning author Walter Dean Myers delivers another awesome book about the Cruisers, a group of middle-school misfits who are becoming the coolest kids in the city. Praise for the Cruisers series
*"Fleet pacing, spot-on voice, good characters, great dialogue, smart ideas, and an unusual story that can maneuver whip-quick from light to heavy and back again." -Booklist, starred review
"Readers will look forward to further tales of these kids as they navigate the high seas of middle school life." -Kirkus Reviews
"Thought-provoking . . ." -Publishers Weekly
"The Cruisers are a thoughtful, mouthy bunch . . . watch them set off metaphorical fireworks." -Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books The late Walter Dean Myers was the 2012-2013 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. He was the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of an award-winning body of work which includes Somewhere in the Darkness, Slam!, and Monster. Mr. Myers has received two Newbery Honor medals, five Coretta Scott King Author Book Awards, and three National Book Award Finalist citations. In addition, he was the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award. Praise for the Cruisers series
*"Fleet pacing, spot-on voice, good characters, great dialogue, smart ideas, and an unusual story that can maneuver whip-quick from light to heavy and back again." -Booklist, starred review
"Readers will look forward to further tales of these kids as they navigate the high seas of middle school life." -Kirkus Reviews
"Thought-provoking . . ." -Publishers Weekly
"The Cruisers are a thoughtful, mouthy bunch . . . watch them set off metaphorical fireworks." -Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books