BOOKS by Walter Dean Myers

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1	Monster more books like this by Walter Dean Myers see all copies from £2.31! new only from £6.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Fallen Angels more books like this by Walter Dean Myers An account of the Vietnam War as told by a young African American foot soldier. Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry enlists in the Army as a means of escaping what he sees as his dead end life in Harlem. He arrives in Vietnam in 1967 and quickly discovers the horrible reality of war and the true meaning of friendship and survival. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Slam! more books like this by Walter Dean Myers Slam, a teenager living in Harlem, adapts to life in a new school as he dreams of becoming a professional basketball player. At his new school Slam begins to learn that if he truly plans to succeed in life, he must have the dedication to excel in all aspects of school--not just on the basketball court. see all copies from £5.52! new only from £5.72! \| first editions
4	Glory Field more books like this by Walter Dean Myers Two hundred and fifty years in the life of an African-American family, from the slavery era up to the present. The story begins when 11-year-old Muhammad Bilal is kidnapped from his home in West Africa, transported to the U.S. on a slave ship, and sold to the owner of a planation in South Carolina. In the generations that follow, Muhammad's ... see all copies from £5.52! new only from £5.85! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Scorpions more books like this by Walter Dean Myers Jamal is afraid of the gang that rules his neighborhood, especially since it landed his older brother Randy in jail. But Randy wants the 12-year-old Jamal to take his place as the leader of the Scorpions. Even though his mother, sister, and best friend Tito try to talk him out of it, Jamal tries to be a stand-in for his brother. Violence soon ... see all copies from £2.50! new only from £5.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Bad Boy: A Memoir more books like this by Walter Dean Myers Myers, the Coretta Scott King Award-wining author of such books as ME, MOP & THE MOONDANCE KID, NOW IS YOUR TIME! THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM, and SCORPIONS shares the story of his own childhood. Raised by a loving foster family in the Harlem section of New York City, Myers nonetheless had a difficult adolescence and is he blunt ... see all copies from £2.01! new only from £7.39! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Somewhere in the Darkness more books like this by Walter Dean Myers see all copies from £2.00! new only from £5.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Hoops more books like this by Walter Dean Myers Seventeen-year-old basketball star Lonnie Jackson is wary of committing himself to anyone --especially adults--so he doesn't trust his new basketball coach former pro-ball player Cal Jones. But basketball is his life--could it be his way out of Harlem, despite his coach? see all copies from £5.52! new only from £5.87! \| first editions
9	Fast Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff more books like this by Walter Dean Myers A boy named Francis moves to 116th Street in New York City and is befriended by a group of neighborhood children. Nicknamed "Stuff" by his new pals, Francis finds himself enjoying a year of amazing and memorable adventures. see all copies from £5.52! new only from £5.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Autobiography of My Dead Brother more books like this by Walter Dean Myers, Christopher A Myers (Illustrator) see all copies from £5.52! new only from £6.34! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary more books like this by Walter Dean Myers This thorough biography explores the life of the civil rights leader from his birth in 1925 to his assassination 40 years later. Along the way, Malcolm X's life is presented in a factual yet spirited manner that clearly shows how his difficult childhood inspired him to seek equality for all black people. Myers doesn't evade the problematic aspects ... see all copies from £4.82! new only from £4.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	The Journal Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France 1944 more books like this by Walter Dean Myers A seventeen-year-old soldier from central Virginia records his experiences in a journal as his regiment takes part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy and subsequent battles to liberate France. see all copies from £5.52! new only from £5.76! \| first editions
13 view cover	Handbook for Boys more books like this by W Myers see all copies from £5.47! new only from £5.72! \| first editions
14 view cover	Shooter more books like this by Walter Dean Myers see all copies from £5.52! new only from £6.34! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	145th Street: Short Stories more books like this by Walter Dean Myers This "Boston Globe-Horn Book" Honor Book is a wrenchingly honest collection of stories set on one block of 145th Street in Harlem. Readers get to know the oldest resident; the cop on the beat; fine Peaches and her girl, Squeezie; Monkeyman; Benny, a fighter on the way to a knockout; and other residents who jump off the page and pull readers into ... see all copies from £5.52! new only from £5.87! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Sunrise Over Fallujah more books like this by Walter Dean Myers Robin "Birdy" Perry, a new army recruit from Harlem, isn't quite sure why he joined the army, but he's sure where he's headed: Iraq. Birdy and the others in the Civilian Affairs Battalion are supposed to help secure and stabilize the country and successfully interact with the Iraqi people. Officially, the code name for their maneuvers is Operation ... see all copies from £11.93! new only from £11.93!
17 view cover	Greatest: Muhammad Ali more books like this by W Myers Meet Phil Showers - he's a weatherman. And he has loved everything about the weather since he was a baby. As he tells his friends, Lottie and Jack, he used to stretch his arms up out of his pram to play with the clouds. He was a true little weather baby! see all copies from £1.90! new only from £5.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Beast more books like this by Walter Dean Myers A bright boy named Spoon takes full advantage of the opportunity when a scholarship to a Connecticut prep school gives him the chance to leave his Harlem neighborhood. Hoping to get into an Ivy League school, Spoon concentrates on his studies and doesn't return home until his Christmas break. What he finds when he returns surprises and saddens him ... see all copies from £2.02! new only from £2.02! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Young Landlords more books like this by Walter Dean Myers Five young friends, determined to make their Harlem neighborhood a better place to live, become landlords of a neglected building. Will these children be able to handle the responsibility of caring for a building and for the people who call that building home? see all copies from £5.52! new only from £5.96! \| first editions
20 view cover	My Name Is America: The Journal of Biddy Owens, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948 more books like this by Walter Dean Myers The journal of Biddy Owens, a batboy for the Birmingham Black Barons, one of the best teams in the Negro Leagues, describes some of the greatest ball players of the game as Biddy's story covers the games, road trips, racial segregation, and day-to-day life in Birmingham. see all copies from £5.52! new only from £6.39! \| first editions
21 view cover	Shadow of the Red Moon more books like this by Walter Dean Myers In this post-apocalyptic tale, 15-year-old Jon and the rest of the young people of the Crystal City are sent away from their homes when the city is attacked by a group called The Fens. Jon wants to stay behind and help defend his home, but when his parents force him to leave, he realizes that his mission is to lead the younger children to the safe ... see all copies from £5.52! new only from £5.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse more books like this by Walter Dean Myers A collection of early 20th-century photographs of African-American children, accompanied by short verses. see all copies from £4.59! new only from £5.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Mouse Rap more books like this by Walter Dean Myers The adventures of a group of friends living in Harlem, related by fourteen-year-old Frederick, also known as Mouse. Against the background of searching for a 1930s gangster's hidden treasure, Mouse also has to deal with his new girlfriend and her impact on his best friend. To further complicate matters, Mouse's father returns, seeking to rejoin ... see all copies from £5.51! new only from £5.51! \| first editions
24 view cover	Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom: A Thirst for Freedom more books like this by Walter Dean Myers In 1839, the slave ship "Amistad" set sail on a short voyage from one end of Cuba to the other. During the journey, the illegally enslaved Africans revolted and seized control of the ship. Hoping to sail back to Africa, the passengers wound up in America where they were put on trial. In "The Amistad Affair", Newbery Honor author Walter Dean Myers ... see all copies from £5.52! new only from £19.84! \| first editions
25 view cover	Crystal more books like this by Walter Dean Myers Crystal Brown has it all: beauty, youth, and a wonderful modeling career. But as Crystal gets swept into the glittering life of modeling, advertisements and talk shows, she starts to wonder if she really wants to grow up so fast and leave being a teenager behind. see all copies from £5.52! new only from £5.72! \| signed copies \| first editions

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