Fallen Angels (Myers novel)
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Fallen Angels is a 1988 young adult novel
written by Walter Dean Myers
, about the Vietnam war. It won the 1989 Coretta Scott King Award
. Fallen Angels is listed as number 24 in the American Library Association
's list of 100 most frequently challenged books of 1990–2000 due to its use of profanity and realistic depiction of the war.
Young adult literature
Young-adult fiction or young adult literature , also juvenile fiction, is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 14 to 21. The Young Adult Library Services of the American Library Association defines a young adult as "someone between the...
written by Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers is an African American author of young adult literature. Myers has written over fifty books, including novels and nonfiction works. He has won the Coretta Scott King Award for African American authors five times...
, about the Vietnam war. It won the 1989 Coretta Scott King Award
Coretta Scott King Award
The Coretta Scott King Award is an annual award presented by the Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table, part of the American Library Association...
. Fallen Angels is listed as number 24 in the American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
's list of 100 most frequently challenged books of 1990–2000 due to its use of profanity and realistic depiction of the war.