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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. The book is about a teenager name Steve who is facing murder charges.The book is written in two ways in form of a play and narrative from Steve himself.Steve believes no one believe him and he starting not believe himself.He was the look out while his friends robed the local store.If the jury finds him guilty he is facing the death penalty. (  ) sambamfvc | Nov 24, 2009 |  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 prosecuter called me....MONSTER (  ) missnickynack | Nov 22, 2009 | Reviewed by Edward Sullivan in School Library Journal (July 1999). Found in Follett Titlewave. SherylLee | Nov 10, 2009 | Monster is a great read that explores mature themes such as moral equivalence and the question of guilt. Using the notebook to create a film script and then having Steve film himself from many angles after the trial shows the ambiguities of self. I wasn’t at all distanced from the main character. The scenes with his younger brother were very humanizing, as was Mr. Sawicki’s comments about Steve’s films about his neighborhood at the trial: “His film footage shows me what he’s seeing and, to a large extent, what he’s thinking. And what he sees, the humanity of it, speaks of a very deep character (p. 236).” All the more thought-provoking when considering Steve’s decision to go into into the drugstore. I saw Steve as a complicated, intelligent, creative youth trying to find an identity. ( ) dianestm | Oct 24, 2009 | A young black man is put in jail for a crime in his neighborhood. As he is going through the trial he decides to write a movie about his experiences. This book is his point of view in movie form. It is interesting to see how a young man who probably has seen a lot of crime and poverty try to deal with the crime against him. He is very confused and does not want to look weak. I liked the book because it showed a different point of view of a criminal than you usually see. This book could be used to teach students not to judge people based on their skin color by giving an example. The book could also be used to show how a trial takes place, how the justice system works. MOster | Oct 22, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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Myers, known for the inner-city classic Motown and Didi (first published in 1984), proves with Monster that he has kept up with both the struggles and the lingo of today's teens. Steve is an adolescent caught up in the violent circumstances of an adult world--a situation most teens can relate to on some level. Readers will no doubt be attracted to the novel's handwriting-style typeface, emphasis on dialogue, and fast-paced courtroom action. By weaving together Steve's journal entries and his script, Myers has given the first-person voice a new twist and added yet another worthy volume to his already admirable body of work. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert
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