HarperTeen.
Sixteen year old Steve Harmon is facing twenty-five to life in prison for robbery and murder. As a way to cope, he writes in a journal and then begins writing his experiences into a screenplay. With the prosecuting attorney referring to him as a monster, even after his not guilty verdict, Steve still questions if he is indeed a monster.
With the way Myers moves between the court scene and flashbacks of Steve's past, I feel the novel is best suited for older adolescents between 13 and 17 years. It is fast paced and well developed.
Myers does a phenomenal job with the plot and the characters. The well described plot alternates between the courtroom and flashbacks from Steve's past with vivid descriptions of each. The characters each take on a first person point of view using "I" for each character. You begin to feel immersed in the book alongside the characters.
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