Mr. Briggs, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Everton, and Mr. Valentine—the rest of the Serenaders
Sarah Felton—Juba’s wife, named in the census of 1851, but her maiden name not given.
Walter added the rest of the cast of characters, surrounding Juba with friends and associates. Stubby, Freddy, Jack Bishop, and Margaret Moran were Juba’s principal supporters. Although they were fictional, Walter had photographs of these characters chosen from his photograph collection, which he posted on the wall in front of his computer. They lived in his mind as much as any real character did as he wrote the story of William Henry Lane, known as Master Juba.
—Constance Myers
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Five-time Coretta Scott King Award winner WALTER DEAN MYERS was the acclaimed author of a wide variety of nonfiction and fiction for young people. His nonfiction includes We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart; Now Is Your Time!: The African-American Struggle for Freedom; I’ve Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly; and Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam, a Jane Addams Children’s Book Award winner. His illustrious list of young adult novels includes Darius & Twig; All the Right Stuff; Lockdown; Dope Sick; Autobiography of My Dead Brother; New York Times bestseller Monster, the first winner of the Michael L. Printz Award; and many more. He was a National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Learn more about him online at www.walterdeanmyers.net and www.who-is-america.com.
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BOOKS BY WALTER DEAN MYERS
Monster: A Graphic Novel
Darius & Twig
The Get Over
(AVAILABLE AS E-BOOK ONLY)
Tags
(AVAILABLE AS E-BOOK ONLY)
Just Write: Here’s How!
All the Right Stuff
We Are America:
A Tribute from the Heart
ILLUSTRATED BY CHRISTOPHER MYERS
Kick
COAUTHORED BY ROSS WORKMAN
Looking for the Easy Life
ILLUSTRATED BY LEE HARPER
Lockdown
Muhammad Ali:
The People’s Champion
ILLUSTRATED BY ALIX DELINOIS
Dope Sick
Game
Ida B. Wells:
Let the Truth Be Told
ILLUSTRATED BY BONNIE CHRISTENSEN
The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage
Street Love
Autobiography of My Dead Brother
ILLUSTRATED BY CHRISTOPHER MYERS
It Ain’t All for Nothin’
I’ve Seen the Promised Land:
The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
ILLUSTRATED BY LEONARD JENKINS
Shooter
The Dream Bearer
Handbook for Boys: A Novel
Crystal
Patrol:
An American Soldier in Vietnam
ILLUSTRATED BY ANN GRIFALCONI
Bad Boy: A Memoir
Malcolm X:
A Fire Burning Brightly
ILLUSTRATED BY LEONARD JENKINS
Monster
Angel to Angel:
A Mother’s Gift of Love
Glorious Angels:
A Celebration of Children
The Story of the Three Kingdoms
ILLUSTRATED BY ASHLEY BRYAN
An Album of Pictures and Verse
The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner
Now Is Your Time!: The African-American Struggle for Freedom
The Mouse Rap
Scorpions
Tales of a Dead King
CREDITS
Cover art © 2015 by Andy Bridge
Cover design by Erin Fitzsimmons
COPYRIGHT
Photo credits:
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Courtesy of the Walter Dean Myers Archives
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Houghton Library, Harvard University
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in the Fields Free Parochial Cemetery in Liverpool
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937–2014.
Juba! / Walter Dean Myers.
pages cm
Summary: A young African American man tries to make it as a dancer in New York’s Five Points district and in England in the 1800s.
ISBN 978-0-06-211271-2 (hardback)
EPub Edition © September 2015 ISBN 9780062112743
1. Lane, William Henry, approximately 1825–1852—Juvenile fiction. [1. Lane, William Henry, approximately 1825–1852—Fiction. 2. Dancers—Fiction. 3. African Americans—New York (State)—New York—Fiction. 4. Prejudices—Fiction. 5. Five Points (New York, N.Y.)—History—19th century—Fiction. 6. London (England)—History—19th century—Fiction. 7. Great Britain—History—Victoria, 1837–1901—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.M992Jub 2015 2014042527
[Fic]—dc23 CIP
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