For fans of The Wire and Unbroken comes a story of two fatherless boys from Baltimore, both named Wes Moore.One is in prison, serving a life sentence for murder. The other is a Rhodes Scholar, an army veteran, and an author whose book is being turned into a movie produced by Oprah Winfrey.
Two men. One overcame adversity. The other suffered the indignities of poverty. Their stories are chronicled in Discovering Wes Moore, a book for young people based on Wes Moore's bestselling adult memoir, The Other Wes Moore. The story of...
For fans of The Wire and Unbroken comes a story of two fatherless boys from Baltimore, both named Wes Moore.One is in pris...
"Brimming with hard realities about the choices we make, the friendships we keep, and the unlikely allies we find along the way, this affecting novel helps to fill the gaping hole left by Walter Dean Myers's passing." --Booklist"A taut, haunting tragedy." --Kirkus ReviewsOne young man searches for a place to call home in this gut-wrenching, honest novel from New York Times bestselling author Wes Moore and cowriter Shawn Goodman. Elijah Thomas knows one thing better than anyone around him: basketball. But when a sinister street...
"Brimming with hard realities about the choices we make, the friendships we keep, and the unlikely allies we find along the way, this affecting nov...