Harlem Summer (Hardcover) by Walter Dean Myers

9780439368438. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 165. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 165 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. In 1925 Harlem, 16-year-old Mark Purvis wants a chance to play saxophone for piano-playing jazz great Fats Waller. Fats offers another opportunity first--a simple delivery job for some fast cash. However, gangster Dutch Schultz wants in on the deal, in this poignant, often hilarious coming-of-age novel.