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Walter Dean Myers's Lockdown

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The book that I read is called LockDown By Walter Dean Myers. Walter Dean Myers is known for writing fiction,nonfiction, and poetry books for young adults and children. He is a New York Times bestselling author and the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award. He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his family.

The book is about a teenager named Maurice who commits a crime and is sent to Juvenile Detention. In the book it talks about Maurice trying to survive in Juvie and make it out of their

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