Monster
Description
Sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon finds himself on trial for murder, accused of being an accomplice in a bodega robbery that turned deadly. Struggling to make sense of his circumstances and desperate to maintain his humanity in the face of a criminal justice system that seems determined to label him a monster, Steve documents his experience through a screenplay format—transforming his courtroom ordeal into a film of his own life. Walter Dean Myers crafts a powerful exploration of adolescence, guilt, innocence, and identity, blurring the lines between victim and perpetrator as readers are forced to grapple with their own judgments. Through innovative narrative structure and unflinching examination of systemic injustice, this groundbreaking novel challenges assumptions about who deserves compassion and redemption. A haunting meditation on how society constructs narratives about young Black men and the devastating consequences of those stories.
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paperback
Amistad
Published May 8, 2001
292 pages
ISBN: 9780064407311
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First Published
1999
Language
en
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