· The launch of a new middle-grade series from bestselling award-winner Walter Dean Myers. Zander and his friends, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi start their own newspaper, The Cruiser, as a means for speaking out, keeping the peace, and expressing what they believe. When the school launches a mock Civil War, Zander and his friends are forced to consider the true meaning of Brand: Scholastic, Inc. · The Cruisers. Published on Ma in Awards Full resolution ( × ) ← Previous Next →. The Cruisers. New York, Scholastic, Grade Level: Ages: Through Zander’s levelheaded narration and editorials mostly written by the Cruisers, Myers explores freedom of speech, the role that race and the Constitution played in the 19th-century slavery.
Walter Dean Myers's short, yet powerful novel (Scholastic, ) is narrated by Kevin Free whose youthful tone and measured pace perfectly reflect Zander's voice. Amidst his narrative, Myers has included articles and editorials from the various newspapers at the DaVinci Academy, and Free does a good job of reading them. Read "The Cruisers (The News Crew, Book 1)" by Walter Dean Myers available from Rakuten Kobo. Eighth grade is hard enough, but when you're a Cruiser, you're really put to the test. The launch of a new middle-grade. Jason Cohen was like the guy from typical books; rich, popular, sexy - the 'it' guy, but as The Cruisers: Book 1|Walter Dean Myers the girl he had been hearing about all his life, enters his life, everything changes Vanessa Halt didn't know that everything was arranged ever since she was.
Through Zander’s levelheaded narration and editorials mostly written by the Cruisers, Myers explores freedom of speech, the role that race and the Constitution played in the 19th-century slavery. The Cruisers are made up of four eighth grade kids - Zander, Kambui, Bobbi, and LaShonda. They all don’t have good grades but are always looking out for each other. Zander, the leader of The Cruisers, loves Language Arts and PE and wants to write screenplays when he grows up. Acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers delivers the first in a four-book series that will have boys and girls cheering for a group of outsiders who might just be the coolest kids in town. Author Information.
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