My Bento Box By Walter Dean Myers: Summary

For my Independent Reading Project I read the book BAD BOY by “Walter Dean Myers.” I enjoy to read books that have a main character that as to overcome an obstacle in their life, and that is why I enjoyed this book so much. The main character grew up in Harlem, New York in a poor old fashioned family. Growing up in a city like that being smart and reading is not cool. For the first thing I chose in my Bento Box was a stack of books to represent how the main character loved to read even though he was made fun of for it. The main character was also very smart in school and that is what shaped him to be the author he is today. The second thing I chose for the box was a container for pills to represent how his Dad’s brother's death made his dad