Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers is the beloved and outstanding author of such children's and young adult books as Fallen Angels, Somewhere in the Darkness, Slam!, and Harlem, among many more. His many awards include two Newbery Honors, five Coretta Scott King Awards, and the Michael J. Printz Award.

145th Street

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 9 - 12

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.2

Genre/Theme: Songs and Lyrics

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

A Place Called Heartbreak

(Stories of America)

by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Frederick Porter

Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.5

Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

A Star Is Born

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 5 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.3

Genre/Theme: Multicultural, Realistic Fiction, Series

Resources: No

A Time To Love

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.6

Genre/Theme: Westerns

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Amiri and Odette

by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.3

Genre/Theme: Legends and Myths, Poetry and Rhymes

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Amistad

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.8

Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Angel to Angel

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.2

Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction, Poetry and Rhymes

Includes: SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Antarctica

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 8.6

Genre/Theme: Adventure, General Nonfiction

Includes: SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Antarctica: Journeys to the South Pole

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 4 - 7

Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Resources: No

At Her Majesty's Request

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.2

Genre/Theme: Historical Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

At Her Majesty's Request

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.2

Genre/Theme: Historical Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Autobiography of My Dead Brother

by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher A. Myers

Interest Level: Grades 8 - 12

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.7

Genre/Theme: General Fiction, Young Adult

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Bad Boy

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.6

Genre/Theme: Autobiography

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Blues Journey

by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher A. Myers

Interest Level: Grades K - 2

Genre/Theme: Poetry and Rhymes

Includes: AR Quiz

Resources: No

Brown Angels

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.9

Genre/Theme: General Nonfiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Checkmate

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 4 - 7

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.8

Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction, Series

Includes: AR Quiz

Resources: No

Darnell Rock Reporting

by Walter Dean Myers, Walter D. Meyers

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.5

Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Down to the Last Out

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 3 - 7

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.2

Genre/Theme: Diaries and Journals, Historical Fiction

Resources: No

Dracula

by Bram Stoker

Interest Level: Grades 9 - 12

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.5

Genre/Theme: Classics, Diaries and Journals, Horror and Supernatural

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Fallen Angels

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 9 - 12

Grade Level Equivalent: 8.1

Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

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