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Myers, Walter Dean

Amiri & Odette: A Love Story

40 pp. | Scholastic | January, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-590-68041-7 $17.99
(4) YA Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. Myers recasts the romance of Swan Lake in the projects. Amiri is headed for "a life that's straight"; Odette is "hopelessly enslaved...promised to Big Red." The details of the plot sometimes strain to fit the setting, and Myers's poetry, often stunning, can also be pedantic, but the power of the story--done justice by Steptoe's jagged, dynamic, emotive collages on asphalt--shines through.
Reviewer: Claire E. Gross

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