Iowa Teen Award
2002 · Young Adult · Nominee
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STEVE HARMON'S BLACK.
HE'S IN JAIL, MAYBE FOREVER.
HE'S ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
AND HE'S SIXTEEN YEARS OLD.
Fade In: INTERIOR: Early morning in CELL BLOCK D, MANHATTAN DETENTION CENTER.
STEVE (Voice-Over)
Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady prosecutor called me...MONSTER.
HE'S IN JAIL, MAYBE FOREVER.
HE'S ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
AND HE'S SIXTEEN YEARS OLD.
Fade In: INTERIOR: Early morning in CELL BLOCK D, MANHATTAN DETENTION CENTER.
STEVE (Voice-Over)
Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady prosecutor called me...MONSTER.
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Book 1
Awards
Isinglass Teen Read Award
2002 · Grades 6-8 · Winner
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2002 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2002 · Junior Book · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2001 · Young Adult · Nominee
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2000 · High School · Nominee
Coretta Scott King Award
2000 · Author · Honor Book
Edgar Allan Poe Award
2000 · Young Adult · Nominee
Michael L. Printz Award
2000 · Young Adult · Winner
National Book Award
1999 · Young People's Literature · Longlist
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
1999 · Fiction & Poetry · Honor Book
L.A. Times Book Prize
1999 · Young Adult Literature · Finalist
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