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Monster

Walter Dean Myers · Literary Fiction · 336 pages

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coming of ageunreliable narratorpsychological thrillertrauma recovery
coming of ageunreliable narrator

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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.

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