6/27/2023 0 Comments Monster by walter dean myersPetrocelli labels the four accused men, including Steve, as "monsters." The lawyers call on several witnesses, including Salvatore Zinzi and Wendell Bolden, illicit cigarette traders, who admit to buying cigarettes that came from a drugstore robbery that led to the murder. The trial begins with the opening statements of the prosecutor Sandra Petrocelli, Miss O'Brien, and King's lawyer, Asa Briggs. When the trial first begins, Steve flashes back to a movie he saw in his school's film of predictability. At this stage, only two of the four accused – James King and Steve – will be tried, since the other two accused – Richard "Bobo" Evans and Osvaldo Cruz – have entered into a plea bargain. Kathy O'Brien, Steve's lawyer, informs him on what will happen during the trial. Musing on his short time in prison so far, he decides to record this upcoming experience in the form of a movie screenplay. The novel begins with 16-year-old Steve Harmon writing in his book awaiting for his trial for murder. The book uses a mixture of a third-person screenplay and a first-person diary format to tell the story, through the perspective of Steve Harmon, an African American teenager. Printz Award in 2000, and was named a Coretta Scott King Award Honor the same year. It was nominated for the 1999 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, won the Michael L. Monster, published Apby HarperCollins, is a young adult drama novel by American author Walter Dean Myers.
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