All the Right Stuff
A National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Walter Dean Myers is also a three-time National Book Award finalist and the recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award. In All the Right Stuff, Paul DuPree is spending the summer working at a Harlem soup kitchen. There, Elijah the soup man tries to teach Paul about life- but Paul's more interested in hanging out with Keisha, a teen mom who shares his love of basketball. Before long, Paul realizes this summer is about more than just getting by- it's about taking charge of his life.
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All the Right Stuff
A National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Walter Dean Myers is also a three-time National Book Award finalist and the recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award. In All the Right Stuff, Paul DuPree is spending the summer working at a Harlem soup kitchen. There, Elijah the soup man tries to teach Paul about life- but Paul's more interested in hanging out with Keisha, a teen mom who shares his love of basketball. Before long, Paul realizes this summer is about more than just getting by- it's about taking charge of his life.
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All the Right Stuff

All the Right Stuff

by Walter Dean Myers

Narrated by Brandon Gill

Unabridged — 4 hours, 27 minutes

All the Right Stuff

All the Right Stuff

by Walter Dean Myers

Narrated by Brandon Gill

Unabridged — 4 hours, 27 minutes

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Overview

A National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Walter Dean Myers is also a three-time National Book Award finalist and the recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award. In All the Right Stuff, Paul DuPree is spending the summer working at a Harlem soup kitchen. There, Elijah the soup man tries to teach Paul about life- but Paul's more interested in hanging out with Keisha, a teen mom who shares his love of basketball. Before long, Paul realizes this summer is about more than just getting by- it's about taking charge of his life.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Myers has cooked up a provocative novel that simmers long after its last pages.” — Chicago Sun-Times

“[E]ngrossing and fast-paced… a must-read novel.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“[R]ewarding. A good fit for school libraries in which the social contract is taught or emphasized.” — School Library Journal

“[B]egins with a bang.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

Chicago Sun-Times

Myers has cooked up a provocative novel that simmers long after its last pages.

Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

[B]egins with a bang.

Chicago Sun-Times

Myers has cooked up a provocative novel that simmers long after its last pages.

Kirkus Reviews

Until he met Elijah, 16-year-old Paul never considered how one person's decisions and actions might affect the entire community. Paul DuPree has taken on two jobs: work in a soup kitchen and the required mentoring of a young basketball player. At the soup kitchen, he meets Elijah Jones, the project's driving force and resident philosopher. Elijah sees himself as doing more than filling bellies. He believes he is fulfilling the "social contract." As Elijah trains Paul, he urges him to consider his ideas. Paul is skeptical but tries to apply the concepts to questions about his recently deceased father and the teen mom he is mentoring. Paul never had much of a relationship with his father, described as "forty-two-year-old Richard DuPree, underemployed ex-felon, ex-drug addict, father of one." Keisha, high-school dropout and mother of a little girl, needs Paul's help to fulfill her dream of professional basketball. She resists Elijah's ideas. "Because the rules don't work for everybody, and so they don't go for everybody." Myers, the recently named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, has crafted a provocative exploration of social philosophy and shows how it can resonate in the lives of the young and the disadvantaged. Paul's quest for understanding seems heartfelt and real, though there are times when the story slows down as characters discuss their views. A novel that will provide teachers and others a relevant tool for introducing and discussing a complex subject. (Fiction. 14 & up)

Product Details

BN ID: 2940171196011
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date: 04/24/2012
Edition description: Unabridged
Age Range: 10 - 13 Years
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