Monster

**Author:** Walter Dean Myers
 * Published: **2000


 * Setting: **Late 90's. The novel takes place in several parts of Manhatten. The protagonist, Steve Harmon, is locked up in jail and the age of 15 and is trying to cope with being charged as an adult for murder.


 * Key Literary Elements: **Characterization (through Steve's perspective), Symbolism (the basketball, the termites), Conflict (Steve's internal conflict, human vs society and racism)

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