reviews. The book received the following accolades: South Carolina Book Award for Young Adult Book Award (1991) Charlotte Award (1992) Keystone to Reading Book Award (1994) Coretta Scott King Book Award for Author (1989) Margaret A. Edwards Award (1994) However, Fallen Angels inclusion of offensive language, racism, drugs, sexual content, and violence have made it a frequent target of censors; the novel appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999 (85), 2000-2009 (11), and 2010-2019 (5). It also appeared in the annual list of the top ten most commonly banned and challenged books in 2001 (9), 2003 (5), and 2004 (2). Sequel and prequel Published twenty years later, Myers' book Sunrise Over Fallujah (Scholastic, 2008), which follows a young U.S. soldier's experience during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, is a sequel to Fallen Angels. Five years after that, Myers' book Invasion (Scholastic, 2013), is a prequel which covers D-Day during World War II. References Fallen Angels, Walter Dean Myers. New York: Scholastic Press, 1988. External links Walter Dean Myers discusses Fallen Angels Fallen Angels at Scholastic Books teacher website 1988 American novels American young adult novels Novels by Walter Dean Myers Novels set during the Vietnam War Coretta Scott King Award-winning works