Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-

Handbook for boys : a novel / Walter Dean Myers ; drawings by Matthew Bandsuch. - 1st Harper Trophy ed. - New York : Harper Trophy, 2003. - 211 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

"Amistad is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers."--Verso t.p.

Sixteen-year-old Jimmy, on probation for assault, talks about life with three old men in a Harlem barbershop and hears about the tools he can use to get what he wants.

Ages 10 & up.

ISBN: 0064409309 9780064409308 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Conduct of life--Fiction.
Barbershops--Fiction.
Blacks--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.