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Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers; August 12, 1937 – July 1, 2014) was an American writer of children's books best known for young adult literature. He was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia , but was raised in Harlem , New York City .
Walter Dean Myers Award (2016) ... She is the biracial daughter of a white American mother with Dutch and Scottish ancestry and a black Cameroonian father. [1]
She is the third daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, ... [24] and the Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature [25] ...
Crystal is a young adult novel by Walter Dean Myers.It was first published in 1987 and later republished by Amistad in 2002. The book focuses on Crystal Brown, a 16-year-old African American girl who is destined for stardom when she lands a contract with a modeling agency.
Firekeeper's Daughter is a young adult novel by Angeline Boulley, published March 16, 2021, by Henry Holt and Co. The book is a New York Times best seller [ 1 ] and won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel in 2022. [ 2 ]
Somewhere in the Darkness is a 1992 young adult realistic fiction novel written by Walter Dean Myers. It was published by Scholastic inc. The novel was a Newbery Honor Award and a Coretta Scott King honor award.
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The Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature, known as "The Walters,” was created by the American nonprofit We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) in 2014, and the inaugural award was presented in 2016. [1]