Monster (Rhode Island Teen Book Awards 2001-2002)

Description: While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

Review: "Myers grapples with complex moral questions that will definitely make readers stop and think."-- Booklist," Editors' Choice 1999The main character is a teenage boy accused of having participated in a crime that ended in murder, but the intriguing moral questions at the root of this award-winning book cross age boundaries."-- Booklist" April 1, 2000

Awards
Arizona Young Reader's Award Nominations 1998 (And Ongoing)
Horn Book/Boston Globe Book Awards (Ongoing)
Kentucky Bluegrass Awards 1999-00 (All Grades) (And Ongoing)
Maryland Black Eyed Susan Book Awards Grade 9-12 1999-2002
Ohio Buckeye Children's Book Awards - All Grades
Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Awards 1997-98 (And Ongoing)
Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Awards Master List 1999-2000
Rhode Island Teen Book Awards 2001-2002 (And Ongoing)
South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominees 1997-98 (And Ongoing)
Tennessee Volunteer State Book Awards 1998-99 (And Ongoing)
Wisconsin Golden Archer Book Award Nominees 2003-04 (And Ongoing)
Illinois Read-For-A-Lifetime High School Reading List 2004-05 (And Ongoing)
Illinois Abraham Lincoln High School Book Award Nominees 2005 (And Ongoing)
Michael L. Printz Award For Excellence In Young Literature - Award Winner And H