About the Book

In New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers's last novel, he delivers a gripping story based on the life of a real dancer known as Master Juba, who lived in the nineteenth century.

This engaging historical novel is based on the true story of the meteoric rise of an immensely talented young black dancer, William Henry Lane, who influenced today's tap, jazz, and step dancing. With meticulous and intensive research, Walter Dean Myers has brought to life Juba's story.

Includes an afterword from Walter Dean Myers's wife about the writing process of Juba!

Resources

• Sample Embed

Product Details

• ISBN: 9780062188304
• ISBN 10: 0062188305
• Imprint: HarperCollins
• On Sale: 10/13/2015
• List Price:23.99 CAD
• BISAC1 : JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
• BISAC2 : JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Dance
• BISAC3 : JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)

Walter Dean Myers

Biography

Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Other Works by Walter Dean Myers

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  Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History

  By Walter Dean Myers

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  Juba!

  By Walter Dean Myers

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  Taking Aim

  By Walter Dean Myers