Walter Dean Myers

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New York Post Online Edition: entertainment has a very nice interview with Walter Dean Myers who has just released his 80th book, Here in Harlem.

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  1. dear Walter Dean Myers,
    I am a concern eight grade student at bragaw ave schoo newark nj. We made a letter to you about our feel for the book The Glory field. My teacher want to sent you our letter to you and i need you to e-mail me back. Thank you

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  2. Wassup walter my name name is john and i was wondering if could tell me about your book Slam
    Please send me an e- mail because I am doing a project on that interesting book Slam

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  3. I am reading your book slam and it is good.I like the book because it show how a boy’s needs to get his grades up to ball. Can you talk back because I need it for school and it will make my reading teacher happy and me too. Robert

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  4. I am reading slam and I am about to read shooter but let me tell you about your book slam it kind of relate to my life so thank you for writting that book please e-mail me at wayne_nlsn@yahoo.com
    peace

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  5. I really liked your book the young landlords the hook was very good please write to me at patrick brower 559 orangeburg road summerville south carolina 29484
    peace

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  6. Dear Mr. Myers,
    I found this letter in my daughters room and found it touching that she thought to reach out to you. She has had a tough year. I would like to forward it on to you:
    “Dear Mr. Myers,
    In the memoir you wrote about yourself, Bad Boy, I realized I had stuff in common with you. In the part of the book, “I am not the center of the Universe,” I read about how it was your birthday and that your mom woke you up by saying your unle Lee died. I thought it was kind of a coincidence that on my birthday morning, I was woken by my mom saying that my cousin was in the hospital. A week later he died. But, anyway, I just thought it was kind of cool that we had things in common. I also think it would be kind of cool if you could write me back with some cool information about yourself now. You are one of my favorite authors. Thank you for taking your time to read this and I understand if you can’t write me back. Can you just send something back so I know that you read it. Thank you.
    Sincerely,
    Olivia R. Meighen”

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  7. Dear Mr. Myers…
    I am a student at Lapeer West Highschool in Lapeer Michigan. My most favored woman in this world (Daryll DeBano)offers a class called Contemporary American Lit. Also, she hold a book club after school, and coordinates school activities for March (reading month) and lends out her books that she pays for. She bascally has her own library. So this year she has made her her “literary slave” and it is my job to find email addresses of great writers. For reading month we are holding a contest for who can write the best summary of their fav book. We plan to have many winners, and the ideal prize for these students would be an autographed copy of a book. We are taking what ever we can and so I was wondering of you’d like to also make a donation. It would be greatly appreciated and your book would be put in good hands. Either way if you could contact me back that would be awesome! Thank so much!
    ~ Alex Phillips ~
    Senior
    desprate for your autographed books!

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  8. Dear Walter Dean Myers,I enjoy many of your books.My favorite was FAST SAM,COOL CLYDE, and STUFF.Lots of your books relate to some of my friends.What is your e-mail address?

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  9. Hello Mr.Myers how are you doing?I want you to know that I enjoy lots of your books.I think they are good books that boys should read.Lots of my friends can relate to the books.My favorite book,that you have written was MOP,MOONDANCE,and the NAGASAKI KNIGHTS.It related to me because I am a softball player and I enjoy the game.What is your e-mail address?

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  10. Dear Mr. Myers i have read all your and their all really good but the one that i love and relates to me is slam! and i loved that book so much i bought it. well got to go bye.

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  11. Dear Mr. Myers,
    I’m doing a school project about you and your writing. I was wondering if you could write me an email with some information. In your (stupendous!) book, MONSTER, How are you attempting to portray “city life”? The rest of this is going to sound like a fan letter… Ahem: I love your work! Fallen Angels really changed my life, and my grandfather was glad that I understood just how bad war is. In MONSTER, your court writing helped my friend and I write a short screenplay. You are an amazing writer, and you deserve every award that you have been given. I may be a 13- year old, but I love to read and write and I know when there’s a book worthy of everyone’s attention. your pieces even inspire some of mine, (but I would never think of snatching a title or a name :->). Please, give me an email – plunderjmj@aol.com– so that I can (If you want) send you some of my own works in progress. Thank you for your time, and hello Mr/Mrs website manager (please let this through!).
    – Jamie Sanders

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  12. I think ya book slam was good for young childern da ages of 13-18. This book lets you know what will happen in your years as a child…….

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  13. Dear Walter,
    How have you been? My name is Kristal. You know, you are my favorite author. I’ve recently read The Mouse Rap and Street Love. I loved Street Love becuase it was a great story and it was written in poems. I love poems, I even write my own for my friends. I think my favorite book was Slam! I made my friends read it last year and now they all love you. I was wonderin if you could write back to me so I could ask you something.Thanks
    -Kristal Morfa
    Age:13

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  14. Mr. Myers,
    My friend Stephan and I have written a letter to you telling you how much we enjoyed your memoir Bad Boy and how much we enjoyed a couple of other books you’ve written. The only problem is, we can’t send you the letter, because we don’t know your address. Please e-mail me, so we can send it to you!
    -Ethan, age 12.

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  15. Walter Dean Myers:
    I am a school librarian quite familiar with the merits of your work. In an effort to promote literacy, and intergenerational communication, I have recommended Monster as the first book in our One Book, One Church program. This will enable us to address some key issues for discussion such as responsibility, choice, fear, reputation, following others, respect, etc. As a resident of Philadelphia, it is my hope that young boys and girls truly benefit from this experience. I am also happy to promote you in the ‘Author Spotlight’ on my website in an effort to introduce you to many adult readers who are unfamiliar with your writing.
    Thank you, Walter Dean Myers!

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  16. Dear Mr. Dean Myers,
    My eighth grade class and I read The Glory Field over the summer for summer reading. First of all we’d like to say we all loved the book. However through further review with our history teacher, we became confused over why the Lewis’ only received eight acres of land instead of forty acres. According to Special Field Order 15# issued by Gen. Sherman the compensation granted to freed slaves in parts of coastal South Carolina was forty acres and a mule. So is there a particular reason the Lewis’ only received eight acres of land.
    Sincerely,
    Mike S. for
    Tom Vorenberg’s
    eighth grade history class

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  18. Dear Mr.Myers,
    I am writing to you because I am writing a book report about your book Somewhere In The Darkness and I need your address because we are all writing letters to ouyr authors and sending our letters to our authors and I can’t do that if I do not have your address.
    Please email me at XxoMEoxX_425@yahoo.com as soon as you can.
    Thanks

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  19. What a great site. I wasn’t familiar with it before but I’ll try to find out more about it. Walter Dean Myers

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