Monster
by Walter Dean Myers • Related Edition: Graphic
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1999
Word Count 32,846
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 670L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 29945, 5.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Trials (Murder)
- Prisoners
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Violence
- Self-perception
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Prisons--Fiction
- Prisons
- Self-perception--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - African American
- Trials (Murder)--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
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Awards & Distinctions 5
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2022
Author Honor, 2000
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2022
Winner, 2000
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
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