The Beast Author:Walter Dean Myers Seventen-year-old Anthony "Spoon" Witherspoon is returning to Harlem after seven months at an exclusive prep school. He never wanted to leave the city in the first place -- especially not to walk the hallowed halls of a mostly white New England school. — But now that Spoon is back home, he realizes how much he's come to rely on his ... more »prep-school friends and routine. And the one thing he's looking forward to most -- seeing his girlfriend, Gabi -- brings him the greatest shock. When he left, Gabi was a vibrant young poet. Now she's a thin, wasted drug addict. Can Spoon help her find her way again?« less