Bad Boy: A Graphic Memoir

This graphic adaptation of Walter Dean Myers’s autobiography follows his childhood and adolescence in Harlem during the 1940s and 1950s. Walter is a truant and a frequent troublemaker, including when classmates tease him about his speech impediment. Though he struggles at school and his family faces financial hardship, he loves books and wants to become a writer. The memoir traces his passage through anger and depression toward words and writing, alongside expressive artwork.