We Need Diverse Books has announced the winners of the ninth annual Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children’s Literature. The Walters are awarded in two categories: teen (age 13-18) and younger readers (age 9-13).

The 2024 winners of the Walter Awards are:

Younger Readers 

Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson

Younger Readers Honor Book

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

Teen 

Saints of the Household by Ari Tison

Teen Honor Book

All the Fighting Parts by Hannah V. Sawyerr

The 2024 Walter Awards ceremony is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, March 13, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Young People’s Poet Laureate and National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo will serve as moderator for the event, which will include a panel discussion with the winners and honorees, followed by a Q&A.