Monster- Walter Dean Myers

Reading this book, *Monster* by Walter Dean Myers, initially overlapped in some of the recent news happenings I have been skimming lately regarding the Zimmerman case and the Hernandez case.  This book is written as a screenplay by Steve Harmon (the protagonist) and his experience being held in jail during a murder trial he was involved with.  I didn't think I would like how the book is written like a screen play, but when I started it was so easy to fly through the book...it didn't even feel like I was reading a book, it felt more like an actual movie. 
This book makes you really think about the justice system and how things work out, or don't work out.  It is really a matter of who you associate with and being in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Steve even at some points seem so numb when actually in court and mentions the reality of what is happening when he goes back to his jail cell.  It is like he is sitting back and watching himself in a movie...hence the screenplay approach when writing the book.  I have to say after reading several "hardship" books in this class and keeping up with the terribleness in the news, I am overwhelmed and need a feel-good-read after this :)