Monster — Walter Dean Myers

STEVE HARMON'S BLACK.
HE'S IN JAIL, MAYBE FOREVER.
HE'S ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
AND HE'S SIXTEEN YEARS OLD.

Fade In: INTERIOR: Early morning in CELL BLOCK D, MANHATTAN DETENTION CENTER.

STEVE (Voice-Over)
Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady prosecutor called me...MONSTER.