The 2024 Walter Award Winners for Youth Literature

Now into its ninth 12 months, We Need Diverse Books has introduced this 12 months’s slate of winners for their Walter Awards. Named after legendary creator of books for youngsters and younger adults, Walter Dean Myers, the Walter Awards honor various authors who’ve printed excellent works with various characters and tales.

There are two classes for the Walter Awards: finest guide for teenagers and finest guide for youthful readers. This 12 months, one winner and one honoree had been chosen in every class:

2024 Walter Award, Younger Readers Category

Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson

2024 Walter Honors, Younger Readers Category

Grounded by Aisha Saeed, Huda Al-Marashi, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, and S.Ok. Ali

2024 Walter Award, Teen Category

Saints of the Household by Ari Tison

2024 Walter Honors, Teen Category

All the Fighting Parts by Hannah V. Sawyerr

There can be an awards ceremony in Washington D.C. on March 13. Details in regards to the occasion are coming quickly. The occasion’s moderator is Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award winner and Youth Poet Laureate.

The 2024 Walter Award committee included chair Jeremiah Henderson, Sarah DeMicheli, Jamila Felton, Siân Gaetano, Jamie Kurumaji, Hanna Lee, Sara Martinez, Jenell Penn, and Hadeal Salamah. The Walter Award Co-directors are Kathie Weinberg and Yukari Matsuyama

You can be taught extra in regards to the Walter Awards on the We Need Diverse Books web site.

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