Bibliograph

Discovering Wes Moore, Wes Moore

Type

Label

Discovering Wes Moore, Wes Moore

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

6, ATOS Level

resource.interestGradeLevel

MG+/Upper middle grades (6th-12th)

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Discovering Wes Moore

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

resource.readingGradeLevel

Grade 4 - Grade 5

Responsibility statement

Wes Moore

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG+, 6.0, 6, 153627

Summary

WES MOORE, a U.S. Army combat veteran, has created and is the host of Coming Back with Wes Moore, which will air on PBS starting in May. In three moving episodes, Moore follows the lives of soldiers as they attempt to reintegrate into society and establish new identities after completing their tours of duty. Wes Moore is the author of Discovering Wes Moore, an autobiography for young readers based on his bestselling adult memoir The Other Wes Moore. Exploring factors that contribute to success--and failure--he compares and contrasts his life story with that of a man who shares his name, is almost the same age, and, like the author, grew up fatherless in Baltimore but who is serving a life sentence for murder. Upon learning about this other Wes Moore, the author was compelled to write to him and was surprised to receive a reply. That reply gave birth to a friendship as letters turned into visits and the two men got to know one another. This..

Table Of Contents

For keeps -- Courtside in the Bronx -- The Chameleon -- Kid Kupid's Last strike -- Plebe -- Refuge -- Airborne -- Full circle -- Watende -- The other Wes Moore -- The return

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