Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers is the critically acclaimed author of such celebrated novels for youth as the New York Times Best-Selling Monster; the Newbery Honor—winning Somewhere in the Darkness and Scorpions; Shooter, the basis for the 2009 film Case 219; and the Coretta Scott King Award—winning Fallen Angels and Slam.
An avid student of history, Myers collects photographs and documents on African American life up to the 1950s. His collection has been featured in both his own nonfiction and in documentaries on American history. Many pieces relating to the background of the New York City Draft Riots may be found in this...
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Carmen
Hardcover | 160 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Love & Romance; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - Hispanic & Latino; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-1-60684-115-0 (1-60684-115-7)
April 26, 2011 | $18.99
Into the summer heat of New York’s Spanish Harlem strides Carmen, a chica who is as hot as the sizzling city streets. When she first meets José, she falls for him hard. He’s not like the gansta types she knows—tipo duros who are tough, who think they are players. But José...
Adapted by Walter Dean Myers
Hardcover | 160 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Love & Romance; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - Hispanic & Latino; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-1-60684-115-0 (1-60684-115-7)
April 26, 2011 | $18.99
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Into the summer heat of New York’s Spanish Harlem strides Carmen, a chica who is as hot as the sizzling city streets. When she first meets José, she falls for him hard. He’s not like the gansta types she knows—tipo duros who are tough, who think they are players. But José...
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
Carmen
eBook | 160 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Love & Romance; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - Hispanic & Latino; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-1-60684-199-0 (1-60684-199-8)
April 26, 2011 | $18.99
Into the summer heat of New York’s Spanish Harlem strides Carmen, a chica who is as hot as the sizzling city streets. When she first meets José, she falls for him hard. He’s not like the gansta types she knows—tipo duros who are tough, who think they are players. But José...
Adapted by Walter Dean Myers
eBook | 160 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Love & Romance; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - Hispanic & Latino; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-1-60684-199-0 (1-60684-199-8)
April 26, 2011 | $18.99
Into the summer heat of New York’s Spanish Harlem strides Carmen, a chica who is as hot as the sizzling city streets. When she first meets José, she falls for him hard. He’s not like the gansta types she knows—tipo duros who are tough, who think they are players. But José...
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
Carmen
Hardcover Library Binding | 160 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Love & Romance; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - Hispanic & Latino; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-1-60684-192-1 (1-60684-192-0)
April 26, 2011 | $23.99
Into the summer heat of New York’s Spanish Harlem strides Carmen, a chica who is as hot as the sizzling city streets. When she first meets José, she falls for him hard. He’s not like the gansta types she knows—tipo duros who are tough, who think they are players. But José...
Adapted by Walter Dean Myers
Hardcover Library Binding | 160 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Love & Romance; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - Hispanic & Latino; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-1-60684-192-1 (1-60684-192-0)
April 26, 2011 | $23.99
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Into the summer heat of New York’s Spanish Harlem strides Carmen, a chica who is as hot as the sizzling city streets. When she first meets José, she falls for him hard. He’s not like the gansta types she knows—tipo duros who are tough, who think they are players. But José...
Riot
Trade Paperback | 176 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
978-1-60684-209-6 (1-60684-209-9)
April 26, 2011 | $9.99
The Civil War is raging and in a desperate effort to find more recruits, the Union begins a draft - a draft with a difference. The wealthy can pay $300 to be released from their obligation, but the poor must go and fight and die. In New York City, the recently...
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Trade Paperback | 176 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
978-1-60684-209-6 (1-60684-209-9)
April 26, 2011 | $9.99
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The Civil War is raging and in a desperate effort to find more recruits, the Union begins a draft - a draft with a difference. The wealthy can pay $300 to be released from their obligation, but the poor must go and fight and die. In New York City, the recently...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
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Riot
eBook | 192 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877); Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Prejudice & Racism; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-1-60684-196-9 (1-60684-196-3)
June 1, 2010 | $9.99
As the Civil War rages, another battle breaks out behind the lines.
During a long hot July in 1863, the worst race riots the United States has ever seen erupt in New York City. Earlier that year, desperate for more Union soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln instituted a draft–a draft...
Written by Walter Dean Myers
eBook | 192 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877); Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Prejudice & Racism; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-1-60684-196-9 (1-60684-196-3)
June 1, 2010 | $9.99
As the Civil War rages, another battle breaks out behind the lines.
During a long hot July in 1863, the worst race riots the United States has ever seen erupt in New York City. Earlier that year, desperate for more Union soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln instituted a draft–a draft...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
Looking Like Me
Hardcover | 32 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Lifestyles (City Life); Juvenile Fiction - Imagination & Play
978-1-60684-001-6 (1-60684-001-0)
October 27, 2009 | $23.99
When you look in a mirror, who do you see?
A boy? A girl?
A son? A daughter?
A runner? A dancer?
Whoever and whatever you see–
just put out your fist and give yourself an "I am" BAM!
This jumping, jazzy, joyful picture book by the award-winning team of Walter Dean and Christoper Myers...
Hardcover | 32 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Lifestyles (City Life); Juvenile Fiction - Imagination & Play
978-1-60684-001-6 (1-60684-001-0)
October 27, 2009 | $23.99
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When you look in a mirror, who do you see?
A boy? A girl?
A son? A daughter?
A runner? A dancer?
Whoever and whatever you see–
just put out your fist and give yourself an "I am" BAM!
This jumping, jazzy, joyful picture book by the award-winning team of Walter Dean and Christoper Myers...
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
Looking Like Me
Hardcover Library Binding | 32 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Lifestyles (City Life); Juvenile Fiction - Imagination & Play
978-1-60684-041-2 (1-60684-041-X)
October 27, 2009 | $26.99
Hardcover Library Binding | 32 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Lifestyles (City Life); Juvenile Fiction - Imagination & Play
978-1-60684-041-2 (1-60684-041-X)
October 27, 2009 | $26.99
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Also available as a
hardcover.
Riot
Hardcover | 192 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877); Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Prejudice & Racism; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-1-60684-000-9 (1-60684-000-2)
September 22, 2009 | $21.99
As the Civil War rages, another battle breaks out behind the lines.
During a long hot July in 1863, the worst race riots the United States has ever seen erupt in New York City. Earlier that year, desperate for more Union soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln instituted a draft–a draft...
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Hardcover | 192 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877); Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Prejudice & Racism; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-1-60684-000-9 (1-60684-000-2)
September 22, 2009 | $21.99
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As the Civil War rages, another battle breaks out behind the lines.
During a long hot July in 1863, the worst race riots the United States has ever seen erupt in New York City. Earlier that year, desperate for more Union soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln instituted a draft–a draft...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
Riot
Hardcover Library Binding | 192 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877); Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Prejudice & Racism; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-1-60684-042-9 (1-60684-042-8)
September 22, 2009 | $24.99
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Hardcover Library Binding | 192 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877); Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Prejudice & Racism; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-1-60684-042-9 (1-60684-042-8)
September 22, 2009 | $24.99
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Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
