I was raised in Harlem. I never found a book that took place in Harlem. I never had a church like mine in a book. I never had people like the people I knew. People who could not find their lives in books and celebrated felt bad about themselves. I needed to write to include the lives of these young people. Walter Dean Myers
我是在Harlem长大的。我从未在Harlem找到过一本书。我在书中从来没有像我这样的教堂。我从来没有像我认识的人那样。那些无法在书本和庆典中找到生活的人对自己感到不快。我需要写信来包括这些年轻人的生活。沃尔特·迪安·迈尔斯（谷歌翻译仅供参考）