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.

Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.1

Genre/Theme: Comedy and Humor, General Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Fighter

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 9 - 12

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.5

Includes: SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Handbook for Boys

by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Matthew Bandsuch

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.8

Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Harlem

by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers

Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.5

Genre/Theme: Poetry and Rhymes, Realistic Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Harlem Summer

by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 4 - 9

Genre/Theme: Historical Fiction, Multicultural, Young Adult

Includes: AR Quiz

Resources: No

Here in Harlem

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 7 - 12

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.8

Genre/Theme: Poetry and Rhymes

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Hoops

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.9

Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

How Mr. Monkey Saw The Whole World

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades K - 2

Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8

Genre/Theme: Westerns

Includes: SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

I've Seen the Promised Land

by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Leonard Jenkins

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.8

Genre/Theme: Biography, General Nonfiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Invasion

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 9 - 12

Genre/Theme: Historical Fiction

Resources: No

It Ain't All for Nothin'

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.4

Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Jazz

by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher A. Myers

Interest Level: Grades PreK - 3

Genre/Theme: Poetry and Rhymes, Rhymes

Resources: No

Lockdown

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 9 - 12

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.5

Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Looking Like Me

by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers

Interest Level: Grades 2 - 4

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.2

Genre/Theme: Poetry and Rhymes

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Malcolm X

by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Leonard Jenkins

Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary

(Scholastic Biography)

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 6.9

Genre/Theme: Biography, General Nonfiction, Dictionaries, Series

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5

Genre/Theme: General Fiction

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Monster

by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers

Interest Level: Grades 9 - 12

Grade Level Equivalent: 7.1

Genre/Theme: Realistic Fiction, Young Adult

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Mop, Moondance, And The Nagasaki Knights

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5

Grade Level Equivalent: 4.3

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

Motown And Didi

by Walter Dean Myers

Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.1

Includes: AR Quiz, SCR! Quiz

Resources: No

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