Somewhere in the Darkness

Walter Dean Myers

Scholastic Inc., 1992 - Juvenile Fiction - 168 pages

Jimmy hasn't seen his father in nine years. But one day he comes back -- on the run from the law. Together, the two of them travel across the country -- where Jimmy's dad will find the man who can exonerate him of the crime for which he was convicted. Along the way, Jimmy discovers a lot about his father and himself -- and that while things can't always be fixed, sometimes they can be understood and forgiven.

Contents

• Section 1: 1
• Section 2: 11
• Section 3: 40
• Section 4: 95
• Section 5: 104
• Section 6: 140
• Section 7: 141
• Section 8: 158
• Section 9: 159
• Section 10: 168

About the author

Walter Dean Myers was born on August 12, 1937 in Martinsberg, West Virginia. When he was three years old, his mother died and his father sent him to live with Herbert and Florence Dean in Harlem, New York. He began writing stories while in his teens. He dropped out of high school and enlisted in the Army at the age of 17. After completing his army service, he took a construction job and continued to write. He entered and won a 1969 contest sponsored by the Council on Interracial Books for Children, which led to the publication of his first book, Where Does the Day Go? During his lifetime, he wrote more than 100 fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. His works include Fallen Angels, Bad Boy, Darius and Twig, Scorpions, Lockdown, Sunrise Over Fallujah, Invasion, Juba!, and On a Clear Day. He also collaborated with his son Christopher, an artist, on a number of picture books for young readers including We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart and Harlem, which received a Caldecott Honor Award, as well as the teen novel Autobiography of My Dead Brother. He was the winner of the first-ever Michael L. Printz Award for Monster, the first recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, and a recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults. He also won the Coretta Scott King Award for African American authors five times. He died on July 1, 2014, following a brief illness, at the age of 76.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Somewhere in the Darkness; Newbery honor book; Scholastic Signature Series
• Author: Walter Dean Myers
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc., 1992
• ISBN: 0590341863, 9780590341868
• Length: 168 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Family / General; Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / General