Scorpions

Label

Scorpions

Statement of responsibility

by Walter Dean Myers

Creator

• Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014

Subject

• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
• African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
• African Americans -- Fiction
• African Americans -- Fiction
• Young adult fiction
• Gangs -- Juvenile fiction
• Gangs -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• Young adult fiction

Language

eng

Summary

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

Subject

• Gangs -- Harlem, New York City
• Realistic fiction
• African American fiction
• African American gangs
• Harlem, New York City
• Classics
• Ghettoes, African American -- Harlem, New York City
• African American teenage boys -- Harlem, New York City

Genre

• African American fiction
• Realistic fiction
• Classics

Story line

• Character-driven

Tone

• Moving
• Angst-filled

Writing style

• Compelling
• Dialect-filled
• Gritty

Award

• Award/Notable book
• ALA Notable Children's Book, 1989

Awards note

• Newbery Honor Book, 1989.
• National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

Cataloging source

ZJI

Index

no index present

Intended audience

610

Intended audience source

Lexile

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

610

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 12

Target audience

juvenile