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Scorpions

Name: Scorpions
Author: Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers

Scorpions is a young adult novel written by Walter Dean Myers, first published in the United States by Harper & Row on June 20, 1988. It was a Newbery Medal Honor Book in 1989.

“Sometimes when things get hard, we tend to set our sights on what's hard, that difficult thing that keeps us upset, and we turn our back on our strengths.”

Walter Dean Myers book Scorpions

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“It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken”

Walter Dean Myers book Scorpions

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