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Juba! — Juba! A Novel
 New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 2015
 Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+

On A Clear Day — On A Clear Day
 New York, Crown Books for Young Readers, 2014
 Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+

Invasion
New York, Scholastic, 2013
Grade: 7-12
Ages: 12+

The Cruisers Book 4: Oh, Snap!
New York, Scholastic, 2013
Grade Level: 5-9
Ages: 10-14

The Get Over by Walter Dean Myers — The Get Over
New York, HarperCollins, 2013
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+

Darius-&-Twig — Darius & Twig
New York, HarperCollins, 2013
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+

Tags by Walter Dean Myers — Tags
New York, HarperCollins, 2013
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+

The Cruisers: A Star is Born — The Cruisers Book 3: A Star Is Born
New York, Scholastic, 2012
Grade Level: 5-9
Ages: 10-14

Just Write: Here’s How! — Just Write: Here’s How!
New York, HarperCollins, 2012
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+

All the Right Stuff — All the Right Stuff
Amistad; New York, HarperCollins, 2012
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+

Guys Read: Pirate
New York, HarperCollins, 2011
Grade Level: 3-7
Ages: 8-12

The Cruisers Book 2: Checkmate — The Cruisers Book 2: Checkmate
New York, Scholastic, 2011
Grade Level: 5-9
Ages: 10-14

Carmen by Walter Dean Myers — Carmen
Egmont USA, 2011
Grade Level: 7-9
Ages: 12+

We are America by Walter Dean Myers — We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart
New York, HarperCollins, 2011
Grade: 1-5
Ages: 6-10

Looking for the Easy Life — Looking for the Easy Life
Illustrated by Lee Harper
New York, HarperCollins, 2011
Grade Level: Pre-K-3
Ages: 4-8

Kick by Walter Dean Myers — Kick (Co-authored w/Ross Workman)
New York, HarperCollins, 2011
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+

The Cruisers by Walter Dean Myers — The Cruisers
New York, Scholastic, 2010
Grade Level: 5-9
Ages: 10-14

Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers — Lockdown
Amistad; New York, HarperCollins, 2010b
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+

Muhammad Ali: The People’s Champion by Walter Dean Myers — Muhammad Ali: The People’s Champion
Illustrated by Alix Delinois
New York, HarperCollins, 2009
Grade Level: Pre-K-3
Ages: 5-8

Looking Like Me by Walter Dean Myers — Looking Like Me
Illustrated by Christopher Myers
Egmont USA, 2009
Grade Level: K-3
Ages: 5-8

Riot — Riot
Egmont USA, 2009
Grade Level: 7-12
Ages: 12+

Dope Sick by Walter Dean Myers — Dope Sick
New York, HarperCollins, 2009
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+

Amiri and Odette: A Love Story — Amiri and Odette: A Love Story
New York, Scholastic, 2009
Grade Level: 7-12
Ages: 12+

Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told by Walter Dean Myers — Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told
New York, HarperCollins, 2008
Grades: Pre-K-3
Ages: 4-8

Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers — Sunrise Over Fallujah
New York, Scholastic, 2008
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+

Game by Walter Dean Myers — Game
New York, HarperCollins, 2008
Grade: 6-8
Ages: 8-12; 12+

What They Found: Love on 145th Street — What They Found: Love on 145th Street
New York, Random House, 2007
Grade: 9-12
Ages: 14-17

Harlem Summer by Walter Dean Myers — Harlem Summer
New York, Scholastic, 2007
Grade Level: 4-9
Ages: 9-14

Street Love — Street Love
 New York, HarperCollins, 2006
Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+

Jazz by Walter Dean Myers — Jazz
 Illustrated by Christopher Myers
 New York, Holiday House, 2006
Grade Level: Pre-K-3
Ages: 5-8

Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage — Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage
 New York, HarperCollins, 2006
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12

Autobiography of My Dead Brother
 Illustrated by Christopher Myers
 New York, HarperCollins, 2005
 Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+

Here In Harlem by Walter Dean Myers — Here In Harlem: Poems in Many Voices
 New York, Holiday House, 2004
 Grade Level: 7-12
Ages: 12+

Antarctica: Journeys to the South Pole — Antarctica: Journeys to the South Pole
 New York, Scholastic, 2004
 Grade Level: 4-7
Ages: 8-12

USS Constellation: Pride of the American Navy — USS Constellation: Pride of the American Navy
 New York, Holiday House, 2004
 Grade Level: 5-8
Ages: 10-13

I’ve Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Walter Dean Myers — I’ve Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
 Illustrated by Leonard Jenkins
New York, HarperCollins, 2004
 Grade Level: Pre-K-3
Ages: 2-8

Shooter by Walter Dean Myers — Shooter
 New York, HarperCollins, 2004
 Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+

The Beast — The Beast
 New York, Scholastic, 2003
 Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+

The Dream Bearer — The Dream Bearer
 New York, HarperCollins, 2003
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 10-14

Blues Journey — Blues Journey
 Illustrated by Christopher Myers
 New York, Holiday House, 2003
 Grade Level: 1-6
Ages: 6-11

A Time to Love: Stories from the Old Testament — A Time to Love: Stories from the Old Testament
 Illustrated by Chris Myers
 New York, Scholastic, 2003
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+

Handbook for Boys: A Novel — Handbook for Boys: A Novel
 New York, HarperCollins 2002
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 10+

Three Swords for Granada — Three Swords for Granada
 New York, Holiday House 2002
Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12

Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam — Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam
 Illustrated by Ann Grafalconi
 New York, Harper Collins 2002
 Grade Level: 3-7
Ages: 8-12

Down to the Last Out by Walter Dean Myers — Down to the Last Out: The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues, 1948
 New York, Scholastic, 2001
(My Name Is America)
 Grade Level: 3-7
Ages: 8-12

Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers — Bad Boy: A Memoir
 New York, HarperCollins 2001
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+

The Greatest: The Life of Muhammad Ali
 New York, Scholastic 2000
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+

145th Street Short Stories — 145th Street: Short Stories
 New York, Delacorte, 2000
Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+

The Blues of Flats Brown — The Blues of Flats Brown
 Illustrated by Nina Laden
 New York, Holiday House 2000
Grade Level: K-3
Ages: 4-8

We Were Heroes by Walter Dean Myers — We Were Heroes: The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins, A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France
 New York, Scholastic, 1999
(My Name Is America)
 Grade Level: 5-9 Ages: 10-14

Monster by Walter Dean Myers — Monster
 New York: HarperCollins, 1999
Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor Book
 Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+

The Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy, Chisholm Trail, 1871 by Walter Dean Myers — The Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy, Chisholm Trail, 1871
 (My Name Is America)
 New York, Scholastic, 1999
 Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12

At Her Majesty’s Request — At Her Majesty’s Request
 New York: Scholastic, 1999
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12

Slam! by Walter Dean Myers — Slam!
 New York: Scholastic, 1998
Coretta Scott King Author Award
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+

Angel to Angel by Walter Dean Myers — Angel to Angel
 New York: HarperCollins, 1998
 Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12

Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom by Walter Dean Myers — Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom
 New York: Dutton, 1997
Grades: 3-8
Ages: 8-12

Harlem by Walter Dean Myers — Harlem
 Illustrated by Christopher Myers
 New York: Scholastic, 1997
 Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12

Toussaint L’overtoure: The Fight for Haiti’s Freedom — Toussaint L’overtoure: The Fight for Haiti’s Freedom
 Illustrations by Jacob Lawrence
 New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12

How Mr. Monkey Saw the Whole World by Walter Dean Myers — How Mr. Monkey Saw the Whole World
 Illustrated by Synthia Saint James
 New York: Doubleday, 1996
 Grade Level: K-2
Ages: 4-8

One More River to Cross: An African American Photograph Album — One More River to Cross:
An African American Photograph Album
 New York: Harcourt Brace, 1996
Grades: 6-8
Ages: 8-12

Smiffy Blue: Ace Crime Detective Case of the Missing Ruby and Other Stories by Walter Dean Myers — Smiffy Blue: Ace Crime Detective Case of the Missing Ruby and Other Stories
 Illustrated by David J. Sims
New York: Scholastic, 1996
 Grade Level: 2-5
Ages: 7-10

The Dragon Takes a Wife by Walter Dean Myers — The Dragon Takes a Wife
 Illustrated by Fiona French
 New York; Scholastic, 1995
Grade Level: K-2
Ages: 4-8

Glorious Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse by Walter Dean Myers — Glorious Angels: A Celebration of Children
 New York: HarperCollins, 1995
Grades: Pre-K-3
Ages: 4-8

Shadow of the Red Moon by Walter Dean Myers — Shadow of the Red Moon
 Illustrated by Christopher Myers
 New York: Scholastic, 1995
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12

The Story of the Three Kingdoms — The Story of the Three Kingdoms
 Illustrated by Ashley Bryan
 New York: HarperCollins, 1995
 Grade Level: K-2
Ages: 4-8

Darnell Rock Reporting — Darnell Rock Reporting
 New York: Delacorte Press, 1994
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12

The Glory Field — The Glory Field
 New York: Scholastic, 1994
 Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+

Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse — Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse
 New York: HarperCollins, 1993
 Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12

A Place Called Heartbreak by Walter Dean Myers — A Place Called Heartbreak: A Story of Vietnam
 Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1993
Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12

Young Martin's Promise by Walter Dean Myers — Young Martin’s Promise
 Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1993
 Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12

Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary by Walter Dean Myers — Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
 New York: Scholastic, 1993
 Grade Level: 7-12
Ages: 12+

The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner — The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner
 New York: HarperCollins, 1992
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 10-14

Mop, Moondance, and the Nagasaki Knights — Mop, Moondance, and the Nagasaki Knights
 New York: Delacorte, 1992
Grade Level: 4-6
Ages: 8-12

Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean Myers — Somewhere in the Darkness
 New York: Scholastic, 1992
 Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+

Now is Your Time! The African American Struggle for Freedom by Walter Dean Myers — Now is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom
 New York: HarperCollins, 1991
Coretta Scott King Author Award
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+

The Mouse Rap — The Mouse Rap
 New York: HarperCollins, 1990
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+

Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers — Fallen Angels
 New York: Scholastic, 1988
 Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+

Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid — Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid
 New York: Delacorte, 1988
 Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12

Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers — Scorpions
 New York: Harper & Row, 1988
 Grade Level: 3-7
Ages: 8-12

Crystal — Crystal
 New York: Viking 1987
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 12+

Sweet Illusions by Walter Dean Myers — Sweet Illusions
 New York Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1986
Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+

Ambush in the Amazon (Arrow Adventure) — Ambush in the Amazon
 Viking, 1986 (Arrow Series)
Grade Level: 5-9
Ages: 10-14

Duel in the Desert (Arrow Adventure) — Duel in the Desert
 Viking, 1986 (Arrow Series)
 Grade Level: 4-6
Ages: 8-12

The Hidden Shrine (Arrow Adventure) — The Hidden Shrine
 Viking, 1985 (Arrow Series)
 Grade Level: 4-6
Ages: 8-12

Adventure in Granada (Arrow Adventure) — Adventure in Granada
 Viking, 1985 (Arrow Series)
 Grade Level: 3-8
Ages: 8-12

The Outside Shot — The Outside Shot
 New York: Delacorte, 1984
 Grade Level: 7-12
Ages: 12+

Motown and Didi by Walter Dean Myers — Motown and Didi: A Love Story
 New York: Viking, 1984
 Coretta Scott King Author Award
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+

Mr. Monkey and the Gotcha Bird — Mr. Monkey and the Gotcha Bird
 Illustrated by Leslie Morrill
 New York: Delacorte, 1984
 Grade Level: Pre-K-3
Ages: 4-8

Tales of a Dead King — Tales of a Dead King
 New York: Morrow, 1983
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12

The Nicholas Factor — The Nicholas Factor
 New York: Viking, 1983
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12

Won't Know Till I Get There — Won’t Know Till I Get There
 New York: Viking, 1982
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 10-14

The Legend of Tarik — The Legend of Tarik
 New York: Viking, 1981
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+

Hoops — Hoops
 New York: Delacorte, 1981
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+

The Golden Serpent by Walter Dean Myers — The Golden Serpent
 Illustrated. by Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen
 New York: Viking 1980
Grade Level: 1-4
Ages: 6-9

The Black Pearl and the Ghost; or, One Mystery after Another — The Black Pearl and the Ghost; or, One Mystery after Another
 Illustrated by Robert Quackenbush
 New York: Viking, 1980
Grade Level: 4-6
Ages: 9-11

The Young Landlords by Walter Dean Myers — The Young Landlords
 New York: Viking, 1979
Coretta Scott King Author Award
Grade Level: 4-7
Ages: 8-12

It Ain’t All for Nothin’
 New York: Viking, 1978
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+

Victory For Jamie — Victory for Jamie
 New York: Scholastic, 1977
 Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+

Mojo and the Russians — Mojo and the Russians
 New York: Viking, 1977
Grade Level: 5-8
Ages: 10-14

Brainstorm — Brainstorm. Illustrated with photographs by Chuck Freedman
 New York: Franklin Watts, 1977
Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 12+

Social Welfare — Social Welfare
 New York: Franklin Watts, 1976
Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 12+

Fast Same, Cool Clyde and Stuff by Walter Dean Myers — Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff
 New York: Viking, 1975
Grade Level: 3-7
Ages: 8-12

The World at Work: A guide to choosing a career — The World of Work: A Guide to Choosing a Career
 Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1975

Fly, Jimmy, Fly! — Fly, Jimmy, Fly!
 Illustrated by Moneta Barnett
 New York: Putnam, 1974
Grade Level: K-3
Ages: 5-8

The Dancers — The Dancers
 Illustrated by Anne Rockwell
 New York: Parents Magazine Press, 1972
Grade Level: K-3
Ages: 5-8

Where Does the Day Go — Where Does the Day Go?
 Illustrated by Leo Carty
 New York: Parents Magazine Press, 1969
Grade Level: K-3
Ages: 4-8

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