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

	Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki 4.08 avg rating — 16,551 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award (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 Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 55,044 ratings Walter Dean Myers Award (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
	March: Book Three (March, #3) by John Lewis 4.65 avg rating — 14,214 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 — 27,935 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) 4.07 avg rating — 1,012 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 — 29,289 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 4.06 avg rating — 2,559 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 3.89 avg rating — 2,550 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

More Awards

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