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"Yeah well, he went out like a man,' Rise said". In the first chapter of the book Rise says that someone that had died in a drive by went out like a man. This is interesting because Rise thinks if you get shot like a baby, you go out like a man. This makes you think from chapter 1 that Rise may or may not get shot or one of his close friends will be shot. This book is realistic fiction and describes the everyday lives of young teenagers that get themselves into bad situations.

Jesse is a 15 year old boy who is determined to finish an autobiography of his long time friend Rise. Rise is a troubled young man who falls into the wrong crowd and ends up paying the price in the long run. They live somewhere in New York. Their neighborhood is a sea of troubled individuals who haven't found their calling in life so they patrol the streets for people who have done good things in their life and make them feel horrible. Jesse is a very gifted artist because he can make excellent art work but I'm better. Every few pages there are beautiful depictions of every chapter and things that Jesse and Rise have gone through. I think that it is helpful to see and not read everything that happens in a book so that you are better at depicting trials in the book.

Walter Dean Myers tells the story from the first-person perspective of Jesse. Jesse struggles trying to save the life of his blood brother. The tone is worried and matter-of-fact, as in that the narrator has no control, just saying what's going on. He notices changes but feels powerless to stop things. The style is to-the-point, direct, and matter-of-fact.
Walter Dean Myers tells the story from the first-person perspective of Jesse. Jesse struggles trying to save the life of his blood brother. The tone is worried and matter-of-fact, as in that the narrator has no control, just saying what's going on. He notices changes but feels powerless to stop things. The style is to-the-point, direct, and matter-of-fact.

In the book AOMDB it is a fairly believable novel because all of the events that happened in this book could actually happen to anybody else. We root for Jesse's success and for him to go to college. As a reader you want him to leave Rise because his is a bad person. As a reader I was frustrated by the fact that Rise became a drug dealer because he is the second main character and was a bad influence for Jesse. As I was reading I was hoping that the characters would stop fighting and there wouldn't be any gangs.

At the end there is a sad empty feeling that the book has at the end. Somebody looses their life for what they believe in which is everyone deserves a second chance.

This book is fairly easy to read but it has some hard parts. The message in the story is that life takes things from you to show you how important little things are. We also learn that crack is whack and say nope to dope.


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Autobiography of My Dead Brother Walter Dean Myers Christopher Myers Books Reviews

Jesse, 15 lives in Harlem, New York City. He is the only child of a bright couple and his best friend, Rise is one of his biggest influences.

Jesse and Rise grew up together. When Rise, 17 turns to crime and joins the Counts, a local street gang and insists on bringing Jesse in with him along with their friend C.J., Jesse starts to reassess their friendship. He sadly realizes that he and Rise are traveling down different streets; the drive-by shooting of their friend Bobby, 14 has left the neighborhood shaken. C.J., a musical prodigy who plays piano in their church also has his sights set on a different path. It is C.J. and Jesse, a budding young artist who is quite talented at drawing who realize they have more in common with each other.

Rise and the Counts are in for a Count-down; sadly, drive-bys claim more casualties. The Counts were described as being on the tame end of street gangs; a warring faction called the Diablos were responsible for shooting a friend; killing a cabbie and later, some members of the Counts.

Sidney, a kind and fair police officer takes the boys under his wing. He is respected in the neighborhood and word on the street was that he was a fair man, which he was. When Mason, 19 an older member of the Counts was busted for homicide, it was Sidney who took Rise and Jesse to the jail ("Iron City") to see the fate in store for their former friend.

More problems crop up in the neighborhood; Rise, seeing a chance to leave Harlem wants to call Jesse and the Counts together for a final goodbye. Sadly, that goodbye really was the end.

This is an excellent book that reflects the city and street culture well. The characters are fresh, cutting edge, serious and believable. The drawings were excellent and a bonus to this book. Jesse, an aspiring cartoonist created two West Indian charcters, a wise man and a bird. The bird was a metaphor for Jesse and it is through this avian character that he asks questions in his drawings that Wise answers. Myers has written many excellent books, but I think he really outdid himself with this one.
I wouldn't recommend this book. It is very sad and depressing. I couldn't get through it because it kept getting worse.
The Book, I bought 6 of them and they were in good shape, (got them timely too!)
Very good book for young black teenagers to get out the hood and do what's best for you not for anyone else
he enjoy the book
We have a tough group who are willing readers...this book was a hit!
It caught the attention of those students who do not easily get engaged in a book.
This story has a very violent theme while one child is planning on being a drug dealer, and everyone feels he is wrong. A slightly slow moving story, but deeply touching.
"Yeah well, he went out like a man,' Rise said". In the first chapter of the book Rise says that someone that had died in a drive by went out like a man. This is interesting because Rise thinks if you get shot like a baby, you go out like a man. This makes you think from chapter 1 that Rise may or may not get shot or one of his close friends will be shot. This book is realistic fiction and describes the everyday lives of young teenagers that get themselves into bad situations.

Jesse is a 15 year old boy who is determined to finish an autobiography of his long time friend Rise. Rise is a troubled young man who falls into the wrong crowd and ends up paying the price in the long run. They live somewhere in New York. Their neighborhood is a sea of troubled individuals who haven't found their calling in life so they patrol the streets for people who have done good things in their life and make them feel horrible. Jesse is a very gifted artist because he can make excellent art work but I'm better. Every few pages there are beautiful depictions of every chapter and things that Jesse and Rise have gone through. I think that it is helpful to see and not read everything that happens in a book so that you are better at depicting trials in the book.

Walter Dean Myers tells the story from the first-person perspective of Jesse. Jesse struggles trying to save the life of his blood brother. The tone is worried and matter-of-fact, as in that the narrator has no control, just saying what's going on. He notices changes but feels powerless to stop things. The style is to-the-point, direct, and matter-of-fact.
Walter Dean Myers tells the story from the first-person perspective of Jesse. Jesse struggles trying to save the life of his blood brother. The tone is worried and matter-of-fact, as in that the narrator has no control, just saying what's going on. He notices changes but feels powerless to stop things. The style is to-the-point, direct, and matter-of-fact.

In the book AOMDB it is a fairly believable novel because all of the events that happened in this book could actually happen to anybody else. We root for Jesse's success and for him to go to college. As a reader you want him to leave Rise because his is a bad person. As a reader I was frustrated by the fact that Rise became a drug dealer because he is the second main character and was a bad influence for Jesse. As I was reading I was hoping that the characters would stop fighting and there wouldn't be any gangs.

At the end there is a sad empty feeling that the book has at the end. Somebody looses their life for what they believe in which is everyone deserves a second chance.

This book is fairly easy to read but it has some hard parts. The message in the story is that life takes things from you to show you how important little things are. We also learn that crack is whack and say nope to dope.