The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner Author:Walter Dean Myers In 1880, fifteen-year-old Artemis Bonner, an African-American New Yorker, travels to Tombstone Arizona, to avenge his uncle's murder and claim his gold stake. Artemis and his friend Frolic have several harrowing escapes and unusual adventures in this wildly funny romp through the Old West. Walter Dean Myers also wrote the 1989 Newbery Honor Book... more » Scorpions and The Mouse Rap, a 1992 ALA Best Book for Young Adults.« less