Monster

<b>Author Walter Dean Myers is the 2019 Children’s Literature Legacy Award winner.←</b>Young, black 16-year-old Steve Harmon, an amateur filmmaker, is on trial for the murder of a Harlem drugstore owner and could face the death penalty. 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.<br /> <b>Praise for</b> <b><i>Monster</i></b><br /> &quot;Myers adeptly allows each character to speak for him or herself, leaving readers to judge for themselves.&quot; — <i>Booklist</i><br /> <b>2000 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book</b>