This suggests that, in Harlem, kids are often pulled into violence at a very young age. Fourteen-year-old Osvaldo admits on the stand to being a member of the violent Diablos gang, which only lets members join after theyвЂ™ve fought at least one member of the gang and slashed a random strangerвЂ™s face with a knife.

Witness testimonies and SteveвЂ™s memories of his neighborhood depict an environment where violence is commonplace. The novelвЂ™s depiction of both the streets of Harlem and the prison suggests that violence in inner city communities in the 1990s is an epidemic thatвЂ™s seemingly unavoidable, even for well-meaning kids such as Steve. Non-violent Steve is thus thrust into violent environments and scenarios, demonstrating the manner in which HarlemвЂ™s violence absorbs even those who have no wish to participate in it. 'The youthful, vulnerable voice will draw in YA readers, boys and girls.Although Steve is a sensitive person with seemingly no inclination to violence, he is being tried for a violent crime, and heвЂ™s placed in a violent prison to await his sentencing. An emotionally charged story that readers will find compelling and disturbing.' - School Library Journal вЂњMonster is a subtle and provocative novel about what it means to be alive in our time.вЂќ - Riverbank Review The tense drama of the courtroom scenes will enthrall readers, but it is the thorny moral questions raised in SteveвЂ™s journal that will endure in readersвЂ™ memories.вЂќ 'A fascinating portrait of a terrified young man wrestling with his conscience. вЂњThe drama of the situation and the ethical questions raised will keep the audience not just reading but thinking.вЂќ - Bulletin of the Center for ChildrenвЂ™s Books вЂњThe sheer authenticity of the novel and its presentation are disquieting-and totally riveting.вЂќ - Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Committee вЂњA riveting novel with breathless, edge-of-the-seat courtroom scenes. вЂњA novel that in both form and subject guarantees a wide teen audience.вЂќ - Horn Book (starred review) вЂњA riveting courtroom drama that will leave a powerful, haunting impression on young minds.вЂќ - Publishers Weekly (starred review) вЂњChilling and engrossing.вЂќ - New York Times The late Walter Dean Myers was a National Ambassador for Young PeopleвЂ™s Literature, who was known for his commitment to realistically depicting kids from his hometown of Harlem. Monster is now aВ major motion picture called All Rise andВ starring Jennifer Hudson, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Nas, and A$AP Rocky. Printz Award recipient, an ALA Best Book, a Coretta Scott King Honor selection, and a National Book Award finalist. Monster is a multi-award-winning, provocative coming-of-age story that was the first-ever Michael L. 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.

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. ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult ReadersД«ulletin Blue Ribbon (The Bulletin of the Center for ChildrenвЂ™s Books)Д«oston GlobeвЂ“Horn Book Award Honor Book About the Book

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