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QUILL TREE BOOKS
BAD BOY GRAPHIC MEMOIR
(W) Walter Dean Myers, Guy Sims (A) Dawud Anyabwile
Legendary author Walter Dean Myers was once a troublemaker and a truant. Just how bad was he? From instigating mischievous pranks at home to fighting in the classroom especially when teased about his speech impediment irrepressible Walter was more than a handful. Underneath it all, he had a tremendous love for books, and by high school, he longed to become a writer. But financial troubles at home made him feel as though his options were so limited that he dropped out of school. Still, his desire to write was as irrepressible as Walter himself. If he could only be given the chance... Walter recounts what growing up in Harlem was like in the 1940s and 1950s when seeing Langston Hughes and Sugar Ray Robinson on the street was the norm and Jackie Robinson ruled the baseball field. (STL378796) (C: 0-1-1)
SC, 6x9, 128pgs, FC SRP: $16.99
SCARLET MORNING HC NOVEL
(W/A/CA) Nd Stevensom
From the powerhouse creator of Nimona comes a breathtaking illustrated novel, the start of a duology, following two orphans who leave the only home they've ever known to sail with an eccentric crew of pirates. Fifteen years ago, when the dastardly pirate Scarlet Morning killed the Queen of Dickerson's Sea, a terrible storm began. Now, there's nothing left of the old world: not a queen, not the law, and especially not pirates. Viola and Wilmur have been waiting for their parents for fifteen boring years in the colorless town of Caveat. Their lives are a drudge of salt, trash, pirate stories and what-ifs... until one very stormy night, when Captain Cadence Chase breaks down their door. They cut a deal with the captain: Chase can take their most prized possession, a mysterious book, but only if she takes them, too. After all, if their parents aren't coming, Viola and Wilmur might as well have a grand adventure to find them. Setting sail into the treacherous and beautiful world beyond Caveat, the two inseparable friends must uncover the facts behind legend and the key to saving all of Dickerson's Sea from obliteration before the truth tears them apart. (STL378792) (C: 0-1-1)
Illustrated Novel, SC, 6x9, 432pgs, B&W SRP: $19.99