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Monster by Walter Dean Myers

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

**** Monster is a great book! Steve Harmon is a 16 year old Blck male. He gets accused for a armed robbery. In the armed robbery the manager was killed. he gets arrested and put on trial for the case of the murder. In jail he starts to write a story that he is going to make into a movie about his life adn while he is in jail. He's going to name the movie monster. He came up with that name because when he was in the stand, the lady said she couldn't even look at him because he looked like a monster. I'll let you read and find out if the juge adn jury find Steven Harmon guilty or not!

Anonymous said...

**** Monster is a great book. Steve Harmon goes to jail for something that he didn’t do. Being accused of an armed robbery and shooting Alguinaldo Nesbitt the store owner. Some people planned a robbery and he was the “lookout.” Once he is in juvenile detention center while he waits for his court case to start and through the court when they are done after each day he goes back. He starts to write a story that he is going to make into a movie about his life and while he is in juvenile detention center. He names it Monster. That is what the lady called him at the stand, a monster. I’ll let you read and find out if Steve is found guilty or not.

Anonymous said...

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I did not like reading “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers. This book was put in the form of a movie script, except the script had absolutely no action except the action of a courtroom. The story of Steve Harmon’s incident was good, which was a robbery ending with the death of a local clerk, but I think that it could have been put into better words. I would not recommend this book to a friend unless they are looking for a short and easy book to read.

Devi K said...

**** “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers is about a 16 year old boy named Steve who is on trial for murder. I liked reading this book it was easy and fast. I liked the fact that you got to read Steve’s journals that he was writing while in jail and how you got to read about everyone on the trial that was testifying. It was like I was at the trail and sitting there watching everything. It was a good book. And I would Recommend this book to anyone.

nick s said...

I read monster. Monster is set up like a move script. Monster is a book about a 16 year old black male that was accused for a armed robbery. In this armed robbery the manager was killed. Every 1 thinks Steve Harmon did the robbery. Ill let you read and find out what happens tho.

Kyle C said...

****Monster is a very good book. The book is written like a movie script and it helped me visual what exactly was going on in the book. It is about a 16 year old black male named Steve Harmon and he is on trial for felony murder for the murder of Alguinaldo Nesbitt. Steve is very interested in film making so he decides to write the book in a movie script format. In Monster, Steve is trying to prove his innocence. The other suspects in the murder claim that he was a lookout in the store for the murder. Is there proof that he is guilty? If so, and he is found guilty, he could be in jail for the rest of his life.

Quinn F said...

Monster is about a black male that grows up in a bad neighbor hood. One day the local gas station got robbed. Steve is blamed for armed robbery even though he had nothing to do with the robbery or murder. While Steve is going through his testimony, he writes about his experiences throughout the case, and then he wants to make a movie. Will Steve be able to make his movie or will he be writing about life from the inside.

Garet G said...

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Monster is about a black kid who gets in the middle of a robbery that turns into a murder. He is now in jail and is facing a felony murder charge. The story is mostly about the battle that he fights in court and how he tries to convince the jury to believe him. Monster is not that great of a book in my opinion. For me it was hard to follow and even stay interested. It got really boring at times and the ending was kind of expected.

Connor E said...

****Monster was a very good book. This book is written in movie script from about a 16 year old black man named Steve Harmon who is in prison, and is being charged with felony murder. He was suppose to lookout for cops while two of his friends go in and rob the drugstore, but something goes wrong. Someone kills the owner of the drugstore Alguinaldo Nesbitt, and all three are taken to jail. Throughout the book you will learn Steve is interested in film making so he writes everything down from his trial and jail life, and decides to write the book in film script format. He also tries to prove his innocence with the help of his lawyer O’Brian, who doesn’t have much confidence in him. Will there be enough evidence to find Steve guilty, if so, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars

Danny O said...

*** I thought that “Monster” was a good book. “Monster” is about a boy named Steve Harmon that is getting charged with felony murder. Steve was supposedly the lookout in a robbery gone bad. During the robbery the store owner got shot and killed. Steve is facing life in prison if convicted. I like this book because it gives you a real look at how someone would feel if the rest of their life was in danger. I also like the unique setup of the book that is it written in a movie script format. One thing that I do not like about the book is that you can foreshadow the ending.

ty jacobson said...

I did not like the book Monster. It’s about a 16 black male named Steve Harmon. He was being tried in the courts for murder. While he was in jail he decided that he was going to make a movie about all that had been happening. He named the movie monster because he got called a monster by a lady while he was on trial. was he proven innocent in the court of law? You can read it and find out

cody s said...

****The book monster is about a 16 year old boy that is being trialed in court for a robbery and a murder that he is being blamed for. There was two other men in the book that was apart of it and they say that Steve was the lookout. Steve says that he never went in the drugstore the day of it happened. Steve has been sitting in jail for months waiting till his trial is over. He made his life in to a movie while he is in jail. Was Steve Harmon guilty or innocent? Read the book monster and find out. I thought it was a really good book and I would tell any one to read it.

Cullan L said...

Monster is a pretty good book. It’s about this kid named Steve Harmon, who gets accused of armed robbery when a convenient store clerk is killed. While on trial, Steve writes his about his life in prison. He constantly is writing MONSTER in his notebook. He calls himself this because while at the stand in trial, a lady calls him a Monster, and he can’t get it out of his head. Will Steve get found guilty and be in prison for life? Read and find out!