Pub Date: October 20, 2015
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2013043138
Lexile Code: 0420
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 13 to UP
Physical Info: 0.70" H x 9.20" L x 6.30" W ( 1.20 lbs) 160 pages
BISAC Categories:
Young Adult Fiction | Comics and Graphic Novels | Coming of Age | Law and Crime | African American and Black | Social Themes | Peer Pressure | Prejudice and Racism | Violence | Family | General see also headings under Social Themes | Monsters | Novels in Verse | Poetry
Series: Monster
Description: A graphic novel adaptation in which, 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's taken.
Brief description:
Guy A. Sims is a poet and fiction writer as well as the cocreator of Brotherman Comics. He is the author of Living Just a Little: A Novel; The Cold Hard Cases of Duke Denim; The Kwanzaa Handbook; and The Kwanzaa Kids Learn the Seven Principles.
Review Quotes:
"It's not easy for an adaptation to please both old and new readers, but this respectful one pulls off that trick." - Kirkus Reviews
"This graphic novel adaptation will introduce this story to a new generation of fans." - School Library Journal
"The superbly rewarding format serves to powerfully emphasize Myers's themes of perspective and the quest to see one's self clearly. A must-have for public and school libraries, and a standout graphic novel." - Booklist (starred review)