{"product_id":"street-love","title":"Street Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis groundbreaking novel in verse from Walter Dean Myers—two-time Newbery Honor winner and five-time Coretta Scott King Award winner—is a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story set in Harlem. Share this one with readers taken with books by Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, and Elizabeth Acevedo.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether read at home or in the classroom, and alongside the original inspiration or on its own. \u003cem\u003eStreet Love\u003c\/em\u003e is sure to spark opinions and conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This verse novel, in which entire poems dazzle readers with rhyme and rhythm and voice, finds Damien, a straight-A student, headed for Brown University. But he falls in love with Junice, a girl whose mother has just been incarcerated for selling drugs, and his direction could change. Readers enjoy multiple perspectives on this romance and the decision Damien makes.\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus \u003c\/em\u003estarred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hip-hop fans, readers of poetry, and hopeless romantics will respond to the emotional vibrancy of this powerful work.\"\u003cem\u003e (VOYA)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eYour first love is totally wrong for you.\u003cbr\u003eDo you follow your heart?\u003cbr\u003eOr do you run away?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Dean Myers was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author, Printz Award winner, five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, two-time Newbery Honor recipient, and the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Maria Russo, writing in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, called Myers \"one of the greats and a champion of diversity in children’s books well before the cause got mainstream attention.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57466789101941,"sku":"9780064407328","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780064407328.jpg?v=1785654851","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/street-love","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}