Monster - Hardcover
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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.
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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🏆 2000 Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book - Author Award|2000 Edgar Allan Poe Awards Nominee - Young Adults Award|1999 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Honor Book - Fiction or Poetry Award|1999 National Book Awards Nominee - Young People's Lit. Award|2000 Michael L. Printz Award Winner - Young Adults Award|1999 L.A. Times Book Prize Nominee - Young Adult Fiction Award|South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award Nominee - Junior Book Award|2002 Iowa Teen Award Nominee - Young Adult Award|Black-Eyed Susan Award Nominee - High School Award|Isinglass Teen Read Award Winner - Grades 6-8 Award|Sequoyah Book Awards Nominee - Young Adult Award
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