Books by Walter Dean Myers

Few men in American history are as controversial as Malcolm X. Even years after his assassination, Malcolm X continues to figure prominently in ... More

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Robin "Birdy" Perry, a new army recruit from Harlem, isn't quite sure why he joined the army, but he's sure where he's headed: Iraq. Birdy and the ... More

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New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers tackles the social contract from a teen's perspective in his novel All the Right Stuff. In one of ... More

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"New York Times"-bestselling author Myers takes readers into the world of Progress juvenile detention facility. Is it possible for 14-year-old Reese ... More

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Biography of the African princess saved from execution and taken to England where Queen Victoria oversaw her upbringing and where she lived for a ... More

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Award-winning author Walter Dean Myers (Brown Angels; The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner) tells the story of 12-year-old Jamal, whose life ... More

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A "New York Times"-bestselling author and National Book Award finalist delivers this novel about a high-school basketball player looking for success ... More

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Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life ... More

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Rich in characters and authentic in detail, Fallen Angels tells the story of a 17-year-old black teenager's tour of duty in Vietnam in 1967. With its ... More

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Seventeen-year-old Greg "Slam" Harris can do it all on the basketball court. He's seen ballplayers come and go, and he knows he could be one of the ... More

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"What makes a writer? The desire to tell a story, a love of language, an eye for detail, practice, practice, practice. How well should you know your ... More

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-year-old Anthony "Spoon" Witherspoon is returning to Harlem after 7 months at an exclusive prep school. He never wanted to leave the city in the ... More

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The Michael L. Printz Award-winning author of "Monster" unveils a bleak picture of what life can be like for a teenage misfit in this new novel of ... More

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In this splashy, rhythmic celebration of the wonders of life, Walter Dean Myer's hypnotic text combines with his son's fresh photo-collage ... More

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Myers returns to the world of 145th Street to show how love can be found, and thrives, in the most unlikely places. Curtis finds love in Iraq as he ... More

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"Those shackles didn't rob us of being black, son, they robbed us of being human." This is the story of one family. A family whose history saw its ... More

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What is it to be an American? In lyrical, soul-searching free verse and seamless, evocative paintings, the father-son team who presented Jazz, ... More

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All soccer player Kevin cares about is winning the State Cup. Until the night he ends up in jail. Sergeant Brown is the cop assigned to be Kevin's ... More

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Four middle-schoolers who publish an alternative newspaper at their Harlem academy for gifted students investigate why a classmate--one of the best ... More

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This "Boston Globe-Horn Book" Honor Book is a wrenchingly honest collection of stories set on one block of 145th Street in Harlem. Readers get to ... More

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Four middle-schoolers who publish an alternative newspaper at their Harlem academy for gifted students investigate why a classmate--one of the best ... More

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Crystal Brown has it all: beauty, youth, and a wonderful modeling career. But as Crystal gets swept into the glittering life of modeling, ... More

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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 ... More

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of the most celebrated figures of the 20th century. Set against key moments of the civil rights movement, here is ... More

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Intense and gritty, the latest young adult novel from award-winning, critically acclaimed author Myers updates Bizet's opera with a hot, urban beat.

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