Darnell Rock Reporting

Darnell Rock Reporting by Walter Dean Myers

Darnell is getting poor grades in school and his teachers don't like his attitude. But things take a turn for the better when he reluctantly joins the school newspaper and discovers his talent as a reporter.

A struggling middle school student finds a way to turn his life around when he works on the school newspaper; PW called this story "lively" and "uplifting." Ages 8-12. Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information, Inc.