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SUMMARY:2024 Walter Awards
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 9th Annual Walter Awards! The DC Public Librar
 y is excited to welcome We Need Diverse Books in presenting the 9th annual
  Walter Awards..\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/10238379
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>We Need Diverse Books is proud to continue
  the legacy of Walter Dean Myers with the annual Walter Awards. The Walter
  Awards recognizes diverse authors whose works feature diverse main charac
 ters and address diversity in a meaningful way. The awards' namesake\, Wal
 ter Dean Myers\, served as the third National Ambassador for Young People'
 s Literature\, authored over a hundred titles\, and won countless awards\,
  including two Newbery Honors\, five Coretta Scott King Awards\, the first
 -ever Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature\, a
 nd was a three-time National Book Award finalist. Throughout his prolific\
 , lauded career\, Myers was a life-long champion of diversity in children'
 s and young adult books.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>2024 Walter Award winners and ho
 norees are:</p>\n<p></p>\n<h5><strong>2024​ ​Walter​ 
 ​Award\,​ ​Younger​ ​Readers​ â
 €‹Category</strong></h5>\n<p><em>Remember Us</em>&nbsp\;by Jacqueline 
 Woodson (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Random House)</p>\n<p></p>\n<h5><stro
 ng>2024​ ​Walter​ ​Honors\,​ ​Yo
 unger​ ​Readers​ ​Category</strong></h5>\n<p><
 em>Grounded</em>&nbsp\;by Aisha Saeed\, Huda Al-Marashi\, Jamilah Thompkin
 s-Bigelow\, and S.K. Ali (Amulet/Abrams)</p>\n<p></p>\n<h5><strong>2024â
 €‹ ​Walter​ ​Award\,​ ​Teen​
  ​Category</strong></h5>\n<p><em>Saints of the Household</em>&nbsp\
 ;by Ari Tison (Farrar\, Straus and Giroux/Macmillan)</p>\n<p></p>\n<h5><st
 rong>2024​ ​Walter​ ​Honors\,​ ​
 Teen​ ​Category</strong></h5>\n<p><em>All the Fighting Parts
 </em>&nbsp\;by Hannah V. Sawyerr&nbsp\;(Amulet/Abrams)</p>\nhttps://dclibr
 ary.libnet.info/event/10238379
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