Monster

MONSTER

By Walter Dean Myers

Published by Harper Collins Publisher Inc. (1999)

Genre: Multicultural, Friends and society, violence

Disclaimer: violence, death, some sexual content

Pages: 281

Steve is a 16 year old kid that is accused of being part of a murder. He was sent to prison where life is so terrible that the way he was able to deal with was to record the events in the form of a movie script. Most of the book is his trial where there is a chance of him getting life in prison.

This book was powerful. I just wanted to cry for Steve the whole time. I wanted him to be able to be safe and to see his brother and be a good example for him. From the way his story is recorded , that's what Steve seems to want.