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• Author: Walter Dean Myers

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  Darius & Twig

  By Walter Dean Myers

  Writer Darius and his best friend, Twig, try to make their way out of Harlem.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
  • ISBN: 9780061728235
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  Darius & Twig

  By Walter Dean Myers

  • Realistic Fiction
  • CSK Book Awards - Author - Honor 2014
  • ISBN: 9780061728259
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  Dope Sick

  By Walter Dean Myers

  Life on the streets with a supernatural twist.

  • Fantasy, Science Fiction
  • Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2010
  • ISBN: 9780061214776
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  Fallen Angels

  By Walter Dean Myers

  Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam. The writing of Walter Dean Myers illustrates the universality of the teenage experience in urban America.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Margaret A. Edwards Award 1994
  • ISBN: 9780738307367
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  Hoops

  By Walter Dean Myers

  A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake. The writing of Walter Dean Myers illustrates the universality of the teenage experience in urban America.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Margaret A. Edwards Award 1994
  • ISBN: 9780440938842
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  Jazz

  By Walter Dean Myers

  Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the roots of jazz music.

  • Poetry
  • Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production 2008, Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2008
  • ISBN: 9781430100171
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  Lockdown

  By Walter Dean Myers

  Reese wants out.

  • Mystery, Crime
  • Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
  • Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015, Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2011
  • ISBN: 9780061214806
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  Monster

  By Walter Dean Myers

  While waiting for his trial, Steve Harmon recounts the events that lead to his arrest.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
  • Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015, Michael L. Printz Award 2000
  • ISBN: 9780064407311
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  Motown & Didi

  By Walter Dean Myers

  Motown and Didi, two teenage loners in Harlem, become allies in a fight against Touchy, the drug dealer whose dope is destroying Didi's brother, and find themselves falling in love with each other. The writing of Walter Dean Myers illustrates the universality of the teenage experience in urban America.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Margaret A. Edwards Award 1994
  • ISBN: 9780440957621
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  Scorpions

  By Walter Dean Myers

  After reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he acquires a gun--until a tragedy occurs. The writing of Walter Dean Myers illustrates the universality of the teenage experience in urban America.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Margaret A. Edwards Award 1994
  • ISBN: 9780060243647
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  Shooter

  By Walter Dean Myers

  Questions remain after a school shooting.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Sticks and Stones
  • Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2012
  • ISBN: 9780064472906
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  Street Love

  By Walter Dean Myers

  Hard-knock girl meets well-off boy.

  • Romance
  • Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2010
  • ISBN: 9780064407328
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  Sunrise Over Fallujah

  By Walter Dean Myers

  Robin Perry, from Harlem, is sent to Iraq in 2003 as a member of the Civilian Affairs Battalion, and his time there profoundly changes him.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
  • ISBN: 9780439916240