Walter Dean Myers Award Winners

The Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature, also known as “The Walter,” is named for prolific children’s and young adult author ...more

Winners

	Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 3,971 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award for Younger Readers Category (2022)	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
	Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 74,062 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award for Teen Category (2022)	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
	When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson 4.67 avg rating — 17,587 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award for Younger Readers Category (2021)	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
	Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 16,725 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award for Teen Category (2021)	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
	The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 8,757 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award for Younger Readers Category (2020)	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
	Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki 3.91 avg rating — 47,365 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award for Teen Category (2020)	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
	Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 25,133 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award for Younger Readers Category (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
	The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 103,460 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award for Teen Category (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
	Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford 4.11 avg rating — 1,189 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award for Younger Readers Category (2018)	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
	Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds 4.26 avg rating — 93,932 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award for Teen Category (2018)	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
	March: Book Three (March, #3) by John Lewis 4.66 avg rating — 18,851 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 4.32 avg rating — 38,793 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

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	Root Magic by Eden Royce (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 1,932 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Younger Readers Category (2022)	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
	Borders by Thomas King 3.96 avg rating — 1,627 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Younger Readers Category (2022)	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
	Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 370 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Teen (2022)	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
	Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 32,940 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Teen (2022)	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
	Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri 4.35 avg rating — 9,081 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Younger Readers Category (2021)	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
	King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender 4.36 avg rating — 7,417 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Younger Readers Category (2021)	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
	Almost American Girl by Robin Ha 4.24 avg rating — 10,445 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Teen Category (2021)	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
	We Are Not Free by Traci Chee (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 6,308 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Teen Category (2021)	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
	Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 24,074 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Younger Readers Category (2020)	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
	A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 6,187 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Younger Readers Category (2020)	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
	With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 71,310 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Teen Category (2020)	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
	Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 19,684 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Teen Category (2020)	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
	The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 14,530 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Younger Readers Category (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
	The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 26,823 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Teen Category (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
	Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 31,104 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Teen Category (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
	They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems by David Bowles (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 1,586 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Younger Readers Category (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
	Forest World by Margarita Engle 3.64 avg rating — 311 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Younger Readers Category (2018)	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
	Disappeared (Disappeared, #1) by Francisco X. Stork (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 1,396 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Teen Category (2018)	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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