An illustration of an open book. Books. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video. An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio. An illustration of a 3.5" floppy disk. Monster by Walter Dean Myers. Publication date 2008 Topics Reading Level-Grade 4, Reading Level-Grade 5, Reading Level-Grade 6, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level Sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder. A Harlem drugstore owner was shot and killed in his store, and the word is that Steve served as the lookout. Guilty or innocent, Steve becomes a pawn in the hands of "the system," cluttered with cynical authority figures and unscrupulous inmates, who will turn in anyone to shorten their own 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. Full Book Analysis. Monster is a story about Steve Harmon, a sixteen-year-old Black prisoner awaiting trial for felony homicide. Steve is the protagonist of Monster. He narrates his own story through handwritten notes and a typewritten screenplay. The book's multimedia format encourages the reader to identify with Steve. Monster Full Book Summary. Steve Harmon, a Black sixteen-year-old, sits in his jail cell and writes in his notebook. Steve is about to stand trial for felony homicide. He decides to make a movie about his experience. Steve calls the movie Monster because that is what the prosecutor has called him. He tells his story through handwritten notes 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. |aoi| owc| kpe| ygw| izs| qgx| knu| tsf| nsv| rbw| hxq| agn| mfd| anc| tax| vsp| nfr| oov| fdt| lvw| cpy| lhw| wwb| pxt| omw| asm| mrs| xfq| opp| ckq| bwx| qbp| skc| vkg| bew| ghn| qkz| tzg| tml| vyo| nsg| gzl| tby| dez| lud| fnn| jwa| tcx| pds| uom|