SuitabookHandbook for Boys
Walter Dean Myers
- Reading
- Read a few chapters together, then pause to compare a rule or piece of advice with what the characters seem to need; the ending and resolution remain unclear.
- Themes
- Advice and rules: Duke employs Jimmy and Kevin in his barbershop and has rules for everything; the boys hear advice from him and other older men. The premise makes the value of Duke's guidance an explicit question, rather than establishing that his rules are good or harmful.
- Worth knowing
- Jimmy is on probation for assault, and the boys' activities nearly lead to juvenile detention. Consider whether these consequences are a topic you would like to discuss together.