Monster Summer Entry 1

         This summer I have chosen to read Monster written by Walter Dean Myers.  The main character of my book is Steve Harmon.  The book is written from the perspective of Steve while he is on trial for murder. Another major character is Kathy O’Brien.  Kathy O’Brien is the Attorney of Steve Harmon in the court trial.  James King is the other person that is on trial with Steve at the same time for the same crime.  A witness in the case is Osvaldo Cruz. The head prosecutor in the case is named Sandra Petrocelli. Sandra Petrocelli will determine if Steve Harmon and James King will go to jail and how long.  Relating back to the title of the book, Monster, Steve states that Petrocelli says, “I’ll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me. MONSTER” (Myers 5). 
         The setting of this book is at the court and of Steve in jail as he is being tried for murder. There is one major conflict in the book, which is Steve Harmon is being wrongly convicted of murder in an unfair trial case.  This is a major struggle for Steve as I progress in the book especially because he is only 16 years old! Which is truly amazing because that means that he is only one year older than me and is away from his home, parents, and friends as he is going through the toughest time in his life. A text to text connection that I can make is that this book is a lot like Scorpia in the Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz.  These two books are alike because in both of them the main character is going through a rough time with little to no support. Will Steve Harmon be convicted of murder? Will he be given the death penalty? Is Osvaldo Cruz lying?  What is Steve’s side of the story of what happened on the day of the Murder?