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Barcode30293102240368
StatusIn Processing
LocationClark County
Call NoYA Myer
TitleScorpions / Walter Dean Myers.
AuthorMyers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014, author.
CollectionJF YA Fiction
Total Circ0
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102240368YA Myer11/4/2025 In Processing 

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780063386648
International Standard Book Number 006338664X
Personal Name Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014, author.
Title Statement Scorpions / Walter Dean Myers.
Edition Statement Revised paperback edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.
Physical Description 264 pages ; 21 cm.
General Note Originally published in 1988.
Summary, Etc. After reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he acquires a gun--until a tragedy occurs. The story of twelve-year-old Jamal, whose life changes drastically when he acquires a gun. Though he survives the experience, it's not without sacrificing his innocence and possibly his relationship with his best friend.
Awards Note Newbery Honor Book, 1989.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term African Americans Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Gangs Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Gang members Conduct of life Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Crack (Drug) Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Firearms ownership Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Young adult fiction.

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