Nesbitt’s murder, Bobo was already in prison for attempting to sell drugs to an undercover cop. Seventeen-year-old Harlem teenager and aspiring filmmaker Steve Harmon (Kelvin. Bob’s ultimate fate is unknown, though by the time the cops got wind of his involvement in Mr. A ny story about a wrongfully incarcerated minor should be fraught, and Anthony Mandler’s Monster gets that right. Bobo’s testimony is slightly weak, since he acknowledges that he does not actually know Steve, nor did he receive any sort of signal from him. Nesbitt dying on the floor and went to a restaurant to have a meal and lie low. Nesbitt’s store to rob him, when King took the man’s gun and shot him to death. According to Bobo, Steve acted as their lookout to check the store for cops before he and King entered Mr. Bobo has a long and violent criminal history-even so, he testifies against King and Steve in exchange for a reduced prison sentence, which thus makes him an arguably unreliable witness (since he has a personal motive to help prosecutors put Steve and King behind bars). Stark and open-ended, MONSTER: A GRAPHIC NOVEL is an excellent resource when discussing current events, criminal justice, and peer pressure.Bobo Evans is a criminal witness in Steve and King’s court case and an accomplice to Mr. Monster is a multiaward-winning, provocative coming-of-age story about Steve Harmon, a teenager awaiting trial for a murder and robbery. Sims and Dawud Anyabwile, the book comes to life for a new generation of readers at a time when society's narrative about the humanity of boys and men of color is often subjective. 0062274996 ISBN-13: 978-0062274991 Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches Book Description A stunning graphic novel adaptation of Walter Dean Myers's New York Times bestseller Monster. In the hands of indie comic favorites Guy A. Monster is told as a first-person account by Steve Harmon, a Black teenager on trial for felony murder in New York. Printz Award recipient, an ALA Best Book, a Coretta Scott King Honor selection, and a National Book Award finalist. Yet, as with the novel, readers of the graphic novel will find themselves doubting the innocence of a teen with so much to live for who's working so hard to convince himself he still has some piece of humanity left. Monster is a 1999 young adult novel by Walter Dean Myers. As with the original, you want to root for Steve - to believe in his innocence and hold your breath for his safety as he navigates the horrors of prison life.

The fear, doubt, uncertainty and confusion of Walter Dean Myers' novel is all there. Readers may be wary of messing with a masterpiece when a new version of a classic novel is created, but the striking, eerie art of this graphic novel adaptation quickly puts those fears to rest.

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