Annotation:
Steve is in prison awaiting trail for murder and his own lawyer isn't sure if he's innocent.
Book Talk:
16 year old Steve Harmon has landed in prison and is awaiting trial for felony murder in a robbery gone wrong. In order to deal with life behind bars and what awaits him before a State Prosecutor who refers to him as a "monster" Steven writes in a journal and creates a screenplay of his experience.
Check out this notebook entry:
"They take away your shoelaces and your belt so you can't kill yourself no matter how bad it is. I guess making you live is part of the punishment."
Read Walter Dean Myers award-winning book to find out whether Steve is destined to spend the rest of his life behind bars, whether his lawyer truly believes he is innocent, and whether he can figure out for himself whether or not he's a monster.
Available in paperback, hardcover and on audio CD.
Awards:
Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award 2000
Nominated for the National Book Award 1999
Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book 2000
Nominated for the Edgar Award 2000
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