I read the book Monster by Walter Dean Myers. Monster took place in Manhattan and Harlem New York city.Monster is about a 16 year old teen who is accused of being part of a robbery where Mr. Nesbitt the owner of a local Harlem drugstore was murdered.Steve along with James king, Richard "Bobo" Evans and Osvaldo Cruz where on trial having to do with the robbery.Sandra Petroceli is the prosecutor and Kathy O' Brian is Steve's defense attorney.
Probably facing life in prison Steve decides to write his daily routines and whats going on in his journal. He made it so it was in a movie script form.Steve wants to be a directer and majority of the time spent in jail was him imagining and writing. Towards the end of the trial Steve is very nervous because what ever he says can be held against him and determine his future of life in prison or being free. On the last trial Steve is announced innocent and is free to go.We do not know if Steve really is innocent because he never actually told us.
This story taught me to never do anything that you know is wrong just to impress someone.You could get yourself into trouble and whoever you were impressing isn't going to care about you or help you.
Overall I give this book a 3 out of 5 stars because personally I didn't relate to this book and if I wanted to read a crime book I would read one with more action. I felt like this book needed more action but I did however like the way it was written.I liked how it was written in a movie script because you can actually imagine that you were their in the courtroom. It was written differently from most books I read and I give the author credit for trying out something new.
Monster took place in Manhattan and Harlem New York city.Monster is about a 16 year old teen who is accused of being part of a robbery where Mr. Nesbitt the owner of a local Harlem drugstore was murdered.Steve along with James king, Richard "Bobo" Evans and Osvaldo Cruz where on trial having to do with the robbery.Sandra Petroceli is the prosecutor and Kathy O' Brian is Steve's defense attorney.
Probably facing life in prison Steve decides to write his daily routines and whats going on in his journal. He made it so it was in a movie script form.Steve wants to be a directer and majority of the time spent in jail was him imagining and writing.
Towards the end of the trial Steve is very nervous because what ever he says can be held against him and determine his future of life in prison or being free. On the last trial Steve is announced innocent and is free to go.We do not know if Steve really is innocent because he never actually told us.
This story taught me to never do anything that you know is wrong just to impress someone.You could get yourself into trouble and whoever you were impressing isn't going to care about you or help you.
Overall I give this book a 3 out of 5 stars because personally I didn't relate to this book and if I wanted to read a crime book I would read one with more action. I felt like this book needed more action but I did however like the way it was written.I liked how it was written in a movie script because you can actually imagine that you were their in the courtroom. It was written differently from most books I read and I give the author credit for trying out something new.