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Monster

What led me to choose this book was the author. I have always liked Walter Dean Myers’ books because they usually have a good plot to them. Another reason is that it received three awards which included the National Book Award, Coretta Scott King Award and the Michael L. Printz Award. I was drawn to this book because of the title; it made me wonder why this kid on the cover would be called such a terrible word. I saw a small connection between me and the book because my mother teaches in the inner city of Cincinnati, and she has taught a lot of kids that have gotten into trouble with the law at a young age just like Steve did. I would recommend this book to both teenagers and adults. If you like law and courtroom drama then this would probably be a good exciting book to read. I would also recommend this book to people who think that just because someone is from a bad neighborhood that they are probably a bad person. This book might be good for them because it would give them a fresh outlook on people from the inner city and specifically of African-American decent.  This book was interesting from the beginning to the end.