Into a memoir that is gripping, funny, heartbreaking, and unforgettable, Walter Dean Myers richly weaves the details of his Harlem childhood in the 1940s and 1950s.

Sometimes saying sorry is harder than it seems...

Jack hates poetry. Only girls write it and every time he tries to, his brain feels empty. But his teacher, Ms. Stretchberry, won't stop giving her class poetry assignments - and Jack can't avoid them.

If you have chosen to listen to this audio for pleasure, I advise you to put it down now, because of all the audios describing the unhappy lives of the Baudelaire orphans, this is the least pleasant.