Kick
by Walter Dean Myers
Publication Date: Feb 01, 2011
List Price: $16.99
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Young Adult
ISBN13: 9780062004895
Imprint: HarperTeen
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
Description of Kick by Walter Dean Myers
For the very first time in his decades-long career writing for teens, acclaimed and beloved author Walter Dean Myers writes with a teen, Ross Workman.Kevin Johnson is thirteen years old. And heading for juvie. He’s a good kid, a great friend, and a star striker for his Highland, New Jersey, soccer team. His team is competing for the State Cup, and he wants to prove he has more than just star-player potential. Kevin’s never been in any serious trouble … until the night he ends up in jail. Enter Sergeant Brown, a cop assigned to be Kevin’s mentor. If Kevin and Brown can learn to trust each other, they might be able to turn things around before it’s too late.
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