In Street Love Walter Dean Myers takes his talent for words into the romance genre by giving us this gritty, realistic story of two teenagers in love on the streets of Harlem. Damien has broken free of the gang-infested streets he lives on and his parents are excited about him being on the fast track to getting "A PhD in mucho buckology." Damien, however, has his sights set on the quiet Junice he's seen around. Junice's life couldn't be more different from Damien's. Her mother is in jail, her grandmother failing to Alzheimer's, she is left to take care of her younger sister and her grandmother all while trying to finish high school. When their two worlds collide, something amazing happens. Check it out at Y MYE
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