Title: What They Found
Subtitle: Love on 145th Street
Description: WALTER DEAN MYERS returns to the world of 145th Street: Short Stories to show how love can be found, and thrive, in the most unlikely places. Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles to stay alive in a war he doesn't want to fight, and Letha discovers her own beauty in the love of her child. There is the "good daughter" who realizes that there's only one way to help her brother and her family. Other stories center on the daily drama of the Curl-E-Que beauty shop, or capture the slapstick side of passion.From the Hardcover edition.
Subjects: Young adult fiction, Families, Family, Short stories, Juvenile fiction, Family life, Fiction, Beauty shops, Love, African Americans, Love stories, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12
Places: Harlem (New York, N.Y.)