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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 .
It is written in diary format, in the perspective of a young boy who resists poetry assignments from his teacher. [1] The author drew inspiration from Walter Dean Myers' poem, Love That Boy. [2] The book received good reviews [3] [4] and was a finalist for the 2001 Carnegie Medal as well as being commended at the 2002 Children's Book Awards.
Jazz is a 2006 picture book by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers. The picture book is a collection of illustrations and rhyming text celebrating the roots of Jazz music. Synopsis
In the Land of Words: New and Selected Poems, Eloise Greenfield (2003) In My Momma's Kitchen, Jerdine Nolen (1999) In the Spirit, Susan L. Taylor (1994) It Ain't All for Nothin', Walter Dean Myers (2003) I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Walter Dean Myers (2003)
Kirkus Reviews in its review of Fast Sam wrote "Stuff can be a little long-winded in Holden Caulfield-like digressions, and his friends awfully earnest in their discussions of sex and drugs, but in general his colloquial first-person narrative projects a sense of enviable group rapport with an easy mix of nostalgia and humor."
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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.
Monster, published April 21, 1999 by HarperCollins, is a young adult drama novel by American author Walter Dean Myers.It was nominated for the 1999 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, won the Michael L. Printz Award in 2000, [1] and was named a Coretta Scott King Award Honor the same year.