Monster
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Prescient to this day, Monster is the story of a black teen from Harlem on trial for murder. It’s written by Walter Dean Myers in an experimental form — as the main character is an aspiring filmmaker, the novel is mostly written in screenplay format, while sometimes shifting to a first-person diary. It won the Michael L. Printz award, and a film adaptation is forthcoming.