Monster Contributor(s): Myers, Walter Dean (Author) |
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ISBN: 0064407314 ISBN-13: 9780064407311 Publisher: Amistad Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2019 Annotation: Young, black, 16-year-old Steve Harmon, an amateur filmmaker, is on trial for the murder of a Harlem drugstore owner. Steve copes by writing a movie script based on his trial. But despite his efforts, reality is blurred until he can no longer tell who he is or what the truth is. Illustrations. Click for more in this series: Monster |
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BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - African American - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Violence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 2005271749 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 12-17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 7-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 1330(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Monster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 4.93" W x 7.17" (0.54 lbs) 288 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - New York - Catalog Heading - Language Arts - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/14/2001 pg. 85 Booklist 05/01/2001 pg. 1611 Ingram Children's Advance 05/01/2001 pg. 80 Entertainment Weekly 11/14/2014 pg. 111 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 29945 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
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Publisher Description: 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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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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