A review by kevinhendricks
Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers

3.0

I guess it’s appropriate that a memoir from a YA and children’s author only covers his life until age 17. It’s interesting and engaging, but I was itching for more. He joined the army as a 17-year-old in 1954, months after the Brown vs. Board of Education. I can only imagine the 1960s civil rights era was formative. His childhood was fascinating, but I’d love to hear more about his transition into writing.