Walter Dean Myers Award Winners

The Walter Dean Myers Award, also known as “The Walter,” is named for prolific children’s and young adult author Walter Dean Myers (1937 – 2014). Myer ...more

Winners

	March: Book Three (March, #3) by John Lewis 4.69 avg rating — 10,504 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All American Boys by Jason Reynolds 4.29 avg rating — 18,864 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

nominees

	They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems by David Bowles (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 117 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Younger Readers (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22,160 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Honorable Mention (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings by Margarita Engle 4.05 avg rating — 2,115 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Honor Book (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	X by Ilyasah Shabazz 3.87 avg rating — 2,128 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Honor Book (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bram Stoker Award
Hugo Award
Royal Society Science Book Prize
Man Booker Prize
Pulitzer Prize
Newbery Medal
Nebula Award
Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
National Book Award
J. Gordon Coogler Award
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