Monster is by Walter Dean Myers. Steve is 16 and he has been arrested and placed in prison. He is accused of participating in a fatal shooting at a convenience store. Is he guilty? Steve deals with the trial and the trauma of being in prison by writing his own story in movie script format. He is an aspiring filmaker and decides the best way to tell his experience is as a movie. This is a great story! There is some language and allusion to rough prison behavior - but it is part of the story and not gratuitous or graphic. A great multi-cultural book.
Ratings: 8th grade - 10 out of 10 - MP (mild profanity).
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