Monster: A Graphic Novel

Extremely embarrassing teen librarian confession incoming: I hadn't read Monster until now!

I know!

I had planned to read all of the winning Printz books that I hadn't already before being on the committee but I just . . . didn't.

Anyway, I needed to rectify this mistake and of course, this is brilliant. Walter Dean Myers (RIP) is such a giant in YA literature and deservedly so. The way the book is set up like a screenplay is incredible. You can see the movie in your mind the way Steve sees it. The way Steve's lawyer turns away from him at the end? Brutal and heartbreaking.

A classic that still holds up.