Last month, the American Library association named the Coretta Scott King Lifetime Achievement Award. Walter Dean Myers is this year’s winner, and we have many of his books. One of my favorites is the story of a nineteenth century African princess who was adopted by Queen Victoria. Sarah’s (royal) family was killed by an invading enemy kingdom when she was only about 6 years old. A British army officer stops her enemies from sacrificing the child by convincing the king to give Sarah as a gift to Queen Victoria. From that moment, Sarah’s life changed forever. At Her Majesty’s Request is a fascinating and well-researched story of a little-known episode in both African and British history.

Books that we have by Walter Dean Myers are:

Fiction in the Wright Children’s Room

• 145th Street: Short Stories
• Darnell Rock Reporting
• Hoops
• The Journal of Joshua Loper: a Black Cowboy
• The Nicholas Factor
• Patrol: an American Soldier in Vietnam
• Scorpions
• Somewhere in the Darkness
• The Young Landlords

Non-Fiction in the Wright Children’s Room

• Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom
• At Her Majesty’s Request: An African Princess in Victorian England
• The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage
• Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices
• Now Is Your Time!: the African-American Struggle for Freedom

Fiction in the Teen Section

• The Beast
• The Legend of Tarik
• Monster
• The Outside Shot
• Somewhere in the Darkness

Non-Fiction in the Teen Section

• Bad Boy: A Memoir
• The Greatest: Muhammad Ali
• Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
• One More River to Cross: An African-American Photograph Album