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Myers, Walter Dean

Monster: A Graphic Novel

153 pp. | HarperCollins/Amistad | October, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-227500-4 $17.99 | Paper ISBN 978-0-06-227499-1 $9.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-227501-1
(4) YA Adapted by Guy A. Sims. Illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile. A graphic novel adaptation of Myers's Printz-winning classic about sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon's murder trial following a botched robbery. Sims's dialogue-heavy text (some of it printed very small) ably distills Myers's plot; the visualizing-his-life-as-a-movie aspect can be confusing without familiarity with Myers's original. Anyabwile's panel illustrations do an excellent job capturing Steve's fractured identity (and his culpability) and heightening suspense about the trial's outcome.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

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