Finding a father, finding a son. Jimmy's doing all right. He's fourteen, lives in Harlen, and is holding his own in a pretty tough world. But things het tougher when Jimmy's father, Crab, shows up. Crab, who desappeard nine years ago, suddenly wants Jimmy to know him. Crab and Jimmy set off on a trip halfway across the country to visit Crab's old haunts. During the awkward, tense, and scary ride, Jimmy learns about his father and about himself, finding out thatwhile things can't always be fixed, sometimes they can be understood and maybe even forgiven.
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Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers; August 12, 1937 – July 1, 2014) was an American writer of children's books best known for young adult literature. He wrote more than one hundred books including picture books and nonfiction. He won the Coretta Scott King Award for African-American authors five times. His 1988 novel Fallen Angels is one of the books most frequently challenged in the U.S. because of its adult language and its realistic depiction of the Vietnam War.
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