The Young Landlords [Paperback]

Walter Dean Myers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1989 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up

If you were looking for a real ghetto dump, you couldn’t beat The Stratford Arms. There was Askia Ben Kenobi throwing karate chops upstairs, Petey Darden making booze downstairs, and Mrs. Brown grieving for Jack Johnson, who’d died for the third time in a month—and not a rent payer in the bunch. Still, when Paul Williams and the Action Group got the Arms for one dollar, they thought they had it made. But when their friend Chris was arrested for stealing stereos and Dean’s dog started biting fire hydrants and Gloria started kissing, being a landlord turned out to be a lot more work than being a kid.

Editorial Reviews

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“It’s a neighborhood block party!” —New York Times

“It’s a neighborhood block party!” —New York Times

About the Author

Walter Dean Myers lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Puffin (October 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140342443
• ISBN-13: 978-0140342444
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,294,548 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Walter Dean Myers is a New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author who has garnered much respect and admiration for his fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for young people. Winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award, he is considered one of the preeminent writers for children. He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his family.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Book I've Ever Read by Meyers, January 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Young Landlords (Paperback)

The recently started "Action Group" is a group composed of 6 teenagers. They have many things to do, on the top of the list, save the world. The enthusiastic group buys a building for $1 and they didn't know what they were getting themselves into. Six tennants, which none of pay rent, leaky toilets, and more was what they got into. Just when they think that they had it bad, they find out that one of the Action Grouppies, Chris gets sent to jail because he supposedly stole some stero equiptment. Read about the 5 remaining members who fix up the building and try to make everything better, they even try to prove Chris innocent.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Young Land Lords, December 8, 2000

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Young Landlords (Hardcover)

A group of friends called the action group saw a building that was in bad condition. They went to the owner and complaied and the owner sent them some papers for them to sign. They waited for the papers to come in, the papers came in and they siged them and thats how they came the young land lords.At the end the building had new land lords. I thik the title is good with the story, because the young land lords had adventurein the story. Irecommend this book to any one that like aventure, because the book had a lot of adventure.

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book, August 26, 2011

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This review is from: The Young Landlords (Paperback)

I read this book way back in the 90's when I was young and I had to read it again. This book was my favorite book! Even as an adult, I still crack up at certain parts of this book. Read it, you will not be disappointed.