The Dream Bearer (12 page)

WALTER DEAN MYERS
is the author of
Monster
, the first winner of the Michael L. Printz Award, a National Book Award Finalist, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, and a
Boston Globe–Horn Book
Honor Book;
Handbook for Boys
;
Patrol
, illustrated by Ann Grifalconi;
Bad Boy: A Memoir
;
Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly
, illustrated by Leonard Jenkins; the Caldecott Honor Book
Harlem
, illustrated by Christopher Myers; and the Newbery Honor Books
Scorpions
and
Somewhere in the Darkness
. A publishing institute, part of the annual Langston Hughes Children's Literature Festival, has been established in his name. An ever-popular literary figure, he has been a guest at the White House and has made numerous appearances in conjunction with the National Basketball Association's “Read to Achieve” program. Walter Dean Myers lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his family.

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Fiction

Crystal

Handbook for Boys

It Ain't All for Nothin'

Monster
Michael L. Printz Award
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
National Book Award Finalist

The Mouse Rap

Patrol

The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner

Scorpions
A Newbery Honor Book

The Story of the Three Kingdoms

Nonfiction

Angel to Angel: A Mother's Gift of Love

Bad Boy: A Memoir

Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse

Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly

Now Is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom
Coretta Scott King Author Award

Awards

ALA Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults

ALAN Award for outstanding contribution to the field of young adult literature

THE DREAM BEARER
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EPub © Edition NOVEMBER 2008 ISBN: 9780061974984

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