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  <title><![CDATA[Monster]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Walter Dean Myers]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Monster                                                      HarperCollins Publishers, 2001, 281 pp., $8.99 <br/>Walter Dean Myers                                                                     ISBN-13: 9780064407311<br/>                         <br/>	Did you ever wonder what happens after a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18353151">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 19 11:23:20 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 19 11:24:57 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[General response/reaction: A great book.  I love the way it was written in play form with side notes from Steve.  It made the read easier and the dialog kept it interesting.  The story line was great as well.  I was nervous for Steve during the whole book.<br/><br/>Subjects, Themes, and Big Ideas:...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15807814">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11938390">
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 07 21:22:49 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 07 21:22:49 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book has a unique format; it is written as a movie script. This format gives the reader more blatant clues about setting, and vocal cues (such as subdued, whispering, and showing anger) than would a traditionally formatted novel. There are also variations made in typeface and font that give othe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11938390">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38040855">
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Monster by Walter Dean Myers is a criminal book. I know many people have read this book. for those who haven't read it, it is about a young African American teenager who gets blamed for a crime. A lesson i learned from this book is &quot;Never believe in anyone who seems to be loyal.&quot; this lees...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38040855">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32934574">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who likes suspense]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 1967</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 15 12:07:06 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, how does a 16 year old, black male, who did not do anything, ends up in jail, possibly for life. <u>Monster</u> is what the book is called and it is really good. This book teaches you that you can have fun, but sometimes you do not know if what you are doing is going to get you into trouble or not. W...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32934574">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50551865">
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was very well writen and i liked reading it. It was about a sixteen year old teen that was sent to jail for commiting a crime he didn't do. He was involved in a fatal shoting in a robbery of a drug store. He was sent to jail for being a lookout for the robbery. In jail he was always lonely...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50551865">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4047247">
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my most recent reading of a book I've already taught two or three times in ninth grade English classes. This is a great book for people who don't necessarily enjoy reading. The movie script format means the action moves quickly and may make it more appealing to people who enjoy movies a lot....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4047247">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60069493">
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    <body><![CDATA[This guy should not write the book in movie script format. It is WAYYYYY too complicated. He should also not write it in green font (good thing he didn't).]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would rank this book MONSTER by Walter Dean Myers, very highly. I would rank it high because, it keeps you on the edge of your seat through the whole book. Also because it went in depth on how his trial went on, and what happens in a trial. Another reason is because I thought it was a nonfiction b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48416002">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47174946">
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    <body><![CDATA[Sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder.  Most of the action has taken place in the past, and centers on Steve's questionable involvement as a lookout in a drugstore robbery that ended in the shooting death of its owner.  The present day story features Steve's trial, his disturbing expe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47174946">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46549439">
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    <name><![CDATA[Ty]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[So since I teach high school I figured I should read the books I have my students look at for independent reading.  'Monster' won all sorts of young adult awards, including the Coretta Scott King, and Myers has written some other impressive youth literature.  I was surprised to find that the book is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46549439">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45471043">
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book that im reading is called monster and the author is Walter dean Myers it's a realistic fiction. The book includes real events that happen in everyday life or in the ghetto. It has a lesson that its goes like you get in trouble cause your in a wrong place at wrong time or you hang with the b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45471043">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43614545">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this book a few years ago to keep in my classroom and encourage my students to read.  Myers is a good author for you ng people becuase his subjects are edgy enough for modern teenagers to be interested in his stories but he has a positive message.  Also, he writes at about a 4th-5th grade l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43614545">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Students have been requesting this book as long as I've been in education (just a few years). I was glad to finally read it and see what all the interest is about. <br/><br/>Written in a film script format, 16 year old Steve Harmon tells the story of the trial that may change his life forever. Acc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43455154">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Book report <br/><br/>Monster is about a teen named steve who is on trial for murder. He starts to write his experience during his trial and while he is in jail. He makes it in a movie script format and the only reason hes on trial is because he was in on a plan that they were going to steal money...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42737745">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40718749">
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    <body><![CDATA[Monster Book Review<br/>    <br/>     This excellent book Monster, written by Walter Dean Myers is about a 16 yeard old boy from Harlem, Steve Harmon. Steve was hanging out with his bad news friends and they decided to rob a nearby drugstore. During the robbery the store owner was shot and killed....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40718749">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39541802">
    <user id="1783221">
    <name><![CDATA[Ismael]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[12/7/08<br/><br/>	The book that I read was Monster by Walter Dean Myers. The book is fiction. It is a play about a boy that’s on trial for murder.<br/>	It’s about a 16 year old black teenager whose on trial for murder. His name is Steven Harmon. The only way he can cope with his emotions is t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39541802">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="78299007">
    <user id="2960201">
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    <body><![CDATA[     Monster by Walter Dean Myers, is about the trial of 16 year old Steve Harmon. Steve is accused of felony murder because he was the &quot;look out&quot; for a drug store killing. Alongside Steve is 23 year old James King, who actually commited murder. Throughout the story, there are flashbacks o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76371388">more...</a>]]></body>
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