Monster Contributor(s): Myers, Walter Dean (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060280778 ISBN-13: 9780060280772 Publisher: Amistad Books for Young Readers
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 1999 Annotation: While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, 16-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the terrible course his life has taken. Click for more in this series: Monster |
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BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Peer Pressure - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Violence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 98040958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 13-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 8-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 670(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Monster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.3" L (0.80 lbs) 288 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award, Nominee, Junior Book, 2002 Iowa Teen Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2002 Black-Eyed Susan Award, Nominee, High School, 2000 Isinglass Teen Read Award, Winner, Grades 6-8, 2002 Sequoyah Book Awards, Nominee, Young Adult, 2001 Coretta Scott King Award, Honor Book, Author, 2000 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, Nominee, Young Adults, 2000 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, Honor Book, Fiction or Poetry, 1999 National Book Awards, Nominee, Young People's Lit., 1999 Michael L. Printz Award, Winner, Young Adults, 2000 L.A. Times Book Prize, Nominee, Young Adult Fiction, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/05/1999 pg. 242 Kirkus Review - Children 05/01/1999 pg. 725 Ingram Children's Advance 06/01/1999 pg. 74 New York Times 06/06/1999 pg. 49 School Library Journal 07/01/1999 pg. 98 Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2000 pg. 820 New York Times 12/05/1999 pg. 100 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1999 pg. 305 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/2000 pg. 1341 ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's 01/01/2000 pg. 1361 Booklist 04/01/2000 pg. 1431 Publishers Weekly 01/01/2001 pg. 58 Booklist 05/01/2001 pg. 1611 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 305 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style Booklist 05/01/1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 29945 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
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Publisher Description: 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. 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. 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. Monster is now a major motion picture called All Rise and starring Jennifer Hudson, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Nas, and A$AP Rocky. The late Walter Dean Myers was a National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, who was known for his commitment to realistically depicting kids from his hometown of Harlem. |
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Contributor Bio(s): Myers, Walter Dean: - Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. |
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