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Tags

By Walter Dean Myers
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From Walter Dean Myers, the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, comes this 20-page one-act play. Tags is a look at life and death in New York City, complete with a shocking end.

Four New York City teens are shot down in the prime of life. They move through limbo, re-creating their distinctive tags in a Harlem walk-up so that they can "live" forever. But what's the point? How can you think of living forever if you're already dead?

Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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“Tags was great short story. It was written in a play format and it's about a group of young boys who does the art of graffiti on walls in the city.  The boys one by one come together and share their experience on how they got to the hall so they can tag their name one last time. I really enjoy Walter Dean Myers writing style. He makes you think about the "what if's" in life. This is definitely something i could see myself reading again it was really good short and straight to the point. One I hope to read all of Walter Deans Myers work. He has a way of telling a story that is so different and unique that me as the reader just wants to live within the words and never come out. My rating 4 Cool Stars! I recommend to anyone who enjoys short stories, Walter Dean Myers and magical realism.”
“This is an interesting story told in the form of a play. Its a story ofa young group of graphitti artists who find themselves together in the afterlife. As the tagers talk amongst themselves tne readers learn of the various reasons their lives were cut short. Meyers is very gifted at capturing the teenage "voice " Im looking forward to reading more of his work.”

About Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers was recognized by every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and five Coretta Scott King Book Award winners. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults and a three-time National Book Award finalist as well as the first ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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