Monster
A Printz Award Winner
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Publisher Description
This New York Times bestselling novel from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon, a teenage boy in juvenile detention and on trial.
Presented as a screenplay of Steve's own imagination, and peppered with journal entries, the book shows how one single decision can change our whole lives.
Monster is a multi-award-winning, provocative coming-of-age story that was the first-ever Michael L. Printz Award recipient, an ALA Best Book, a Coretta Scott King Honor selection, and a National Book Award finalist.
Monster is now a major motion picture called All Rise and starring Jennifer Hudson, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Nas, and A$AP Rocky.
The late Walter Dean Myers was a National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, who was known for his commitment to realistically depicting kids from his hometown of Harlem.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Walter Dean Myers’ young-adult novel provides a shattering portrait of an American teen in crisis. Shifting between stark terror and cool, unblinking realism, Monster revolves around 16-year-old Steve Harmon, an aspiring filmmaker from Harlem who’s charged in connection with a deadly armed robbery. In both his diary about the ugly realities of lockup and his screenplay about the trial, Steve insists on his innocence; meanwhile, the prosecution calls him a monster without a conscience. It’s an often-disturbing read, but Myers depicts Steve so vividly and compassionately that we felt compelled to read on even through the most troubling passages.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
. "Myers bends the novel form for this riveting courtroom drama that explores the guilt or innocence of a teenage boy involved in a murder," wrote PW in a Best Books citation. Ages 12-up.
