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Amiri & Odette: A Love Story
Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 978-0-590-68041-7 HC
40 pages
12 and up
8” by 10”

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Amiri & Odette: A Love Story
by Walter Dean Myers
illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

A boy searches for his newfound love among the city streets, to find that, unwarily, she's been caught in the arms of an evil street lord who means her harm. It is only through perseverance and undying love that the girl is returned to the safety of her one true love. Lyrical text and stunning mixed media artwork make for a powerful recasting of the classic ballet Swan Lake.

Set among the asphalt of a housing project and the concrete of a basketball court, Walter Dean Myers' compelling work is delivered with rhythms that twist, hover, pounce, and inspire. For Amiri and Odette, love is hard when the streets are mean. Their dance for two becomes a fight for three, and their only chance is to hold fast to the power of being together as one. Part poem, part love story, part rap and rhapsody, Amiri and Odette celebrates hearts that beat forever.


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Spread from AMIRI AND ODETTE: A LOVE STORY
by Walter Dean Myers
illustrated by Javaka Steptoe


From Amiri & Odette: A Love Story. Text copyright © 2009 by Walter Dean Myers, Illustrations copyright © 2009 by Javaka Steptoe. All rights reserved.



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