Monster
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FADE IN: INTERIOR: Early morning in CELL BLOCK D, MANHATTAN DETENTION CENTER.
Steve (Voice-Over)
Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady prosecutor called me ... Monster.
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Author Extras
Reading Guides:
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Awards for Monster |
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Coretta Scott King Honor (Author)
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ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
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Kentucky Bluegrass Award
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ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
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Coretta Scott King Honor (Author)
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Kentucky Bluegrass Award
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ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
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ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
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ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice
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ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice
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Bulletin Blue Ribbon (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)
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Bulletin Blue Ribbon (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)
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Horn Book Fanfare
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Horn Book Fanfare
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Publishers Weekly Best Book
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Publishers Weekly Best Book
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Book Sense 76 Pick
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Book Sense 76 Pick
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National Book Award Finalist
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Arizona Young Reader’s Award
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Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor Book
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Michael L. Printz Award
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Kentucky Bluegrass Award
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ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
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ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
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ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice
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ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice
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Bulletin Blue Ribbon (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)
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Bulletin Blue Ribbon (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)
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Horn Book Fanfare
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Horn Book Fanfare
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Publishers Weekly Best Book
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Publishers Weekly Best Book
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Book Sense 76 Pick
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Book Sense 76 Pick
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National Book Award Finalist
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Arizona Young Reader’s Award
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Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor Book
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Michael L. Printz Award
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Critical Praise for
Monster
“Chilling and engrossing.”
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—The New York Times
“A riveting courtroom drama that will leave a powerful, haunting impression on young minds.”
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Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A novel that in both form and subject guarantees a wide teen audience.”
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The Horn Book (starred review)
“A riveting novel...with breathless, edge-of-the-seat courtroom scenes.”
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Kirkus Reviews
“The sheer authenticity of the novel and its presentation are disquieting—and totally riveting.”
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Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Committee
“The drama of the situation and the ethical questions raised will keep the audience not just reading but thinking.”
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The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
“Myers grapples with complex moral questions that will definitely make readers stop and think.
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Booklist, Editors' Choice 1999
“Monster is a subtle and provocative novel about what it means to be alive in our time.”
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Riverbank Review
The main character is a teenage boy accused of having participated in a crime that ended in murder, but the intriguing moral questions at the root of this award-winning book cross age boundaries.
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Booklist April 1, 2000
“An emotionally charged story.”
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—School Library Journal
The “youthful, vulnerable voice will draw in YA readers, boys and girls.”
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Voice of Youth Advocates
“The unusual format and easy style combines with powerful content to make an unforgettable book.”
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