Photo: A combination photo shows American author Walter Dean Myers and the front cover of the Persian version of his novel “Monster”. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018. 16-year-old budding filmmaker Steve Harmon is on trial for felony murder. “Monster” was adapted for a film of the same name directed by Anthony Mandler. Monster is a 1999 Young Adult novel by Walter Dean Myers. “I judge this book to be remarkable because of its precise language, beautiful prose and elegant style of narration,” Ranjbar said after her Persian translation of “Monster” was published for the first time in 2006. Printz Award in 2000 and was named a Coretta Scott King Award Honor the same year. The novel was nominated for the 1122 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, won the Michael L. Kathy O’Brien, Steve’s lawyer, informs him on what will happen during the trial. Musing on his short time in prison so far, he decides to record this upcoming experience in the form of a movie screenplay. Presented as a screenplay of Steves own imagination, and peppered with journal entries, the book shows how one. “Monster” begins with 16-year-old Steve Harmon writing in his diary awaiting his trial for murder. This New York Times bestselling novel and National Book Award nominee from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon, a teenage boy in juvenile detention and on trial. Ranjbar has made some revisions to the book in the new edition, which has recently been released by Peydayesh. A Persian translation of the book by Sheida Ranjbar appeared in Iranian bookstores in 2006. The book was originally published by HarperCollins in 1999. TEHRAN – The Iranian publisher Peydayesh plans to hold a session on Wednesday to review American author Walter Dean Myers’ young adult novel “Monster”.
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