The 7 best monster novel 2022
Finding the best monster novel suitable for your needs isnt easy. With hundreds of choices can distract you. Knowing whats bad and whats good can be something of a minefield. In this article, weve done the hard work for you.
1. Monster
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Amistad PressDescription
This New York Times bestselling novel from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon, a teenage boy in juvenile detention and on trial. Presented as a screenplay of Steve's own imagination, and peppered with journal entries, the book shows how one single decision can change our whole lives.
Monster is a multi-award-winning, provocative coming-of-age story that was the first-ever Michael L. Printz Award recipient, an ALA Best Book, a Coretta Scott King Honor selection, and a National Book Award finalist. In 2016, Monster was turned into a film starring Jennifer Hudson, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., and A$AP Rocky.
The late Walter Dean Myers was a National Ambassador for Young Peoples Literature, who was known for his commitment to realistically depicting kids from his hometown of Harlem.
2. Monster: A Graphic Novel
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Amistad PressDescription
A stunning black-and-white graphic novel adaptation of Walter Dean Myers's Michael L. Printz Award winner and New York Times bestseller Monster, adapted by Guy Sims and illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
Monster is a multi-award-winning, provocative coming-of-age story about Steve Harmon, a teenager awaiting trial for a murder and robbery. As Steve acclimates to juvenile detention and goes to trial, he envisions how his ordeal would play out on the big screen.
Monster was the first-ever Michael L. Printz Award recipient, an ALA Best Book, a Coretta Scott King Honor selection, and a National Book Award finalist. Now Monster has been adapted into a graphic novel by Guy Sims, with stunning black-and-white art from Dawud Anyabwile, Guy's brother.
Fans of Monster and of the work of Walter Dean Myersand even kids who think they don't like to readwill devour this graphic adaptation.
3. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
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Fantagraphics BooksDescription
Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late 60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karens investigation takes us back to Ankas life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge.4. A Study Guide for Walter Dean Myers's "Monster"
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A Study Guide for Walter Dean Myers's "Monster," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.5. Monster Girl Doctor (Light Novel) Vol. 2
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A MONSTER A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AT PLAY!
Wherever the monster girl doctor goes, monster girls will soon follow! Glenn and Sapphee, along with Tisalia and her attendants, head to the harpy village high in the Vivre Mountains, but it soon becomes clear that harpies wont be his only patients. Besides a moody and flightless harpy, Glenn finds himself tending to a bedridden centaur and maybe even a destructive force of naturenot to mention fending off the attentions of a very assertive arachne. Can glenn handle the wiles of these monstrous girls?
6. Monsters Beware! (The Chronicles of Claudette)
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Claudette is back AGAIN, and shes ready to kick major monster butt!
Shes fought giants, clobbered dragons, and now Claudette faces her biggest challenge yet herself! Well, that and a gang of vile monsters. It all begins when Claudettes town hosts the annual Warrior Games. After some sneaky maneuvering, Claudette manages to gets herself, Marie, and Gaston chosen as her town's representatives. But none of Claudettes past battles has prepared her for this. And to make matters worse, they must stop the vicious Sea Queen and her evil children from using the Warrior Games to free the dark Wizard Grombach and conquer the world!
In Monsters Beware!, the third and final book of the Claudette graphic novel series, Claudette is put the ultimate test. With her honor on the line will she learn that there's more to a fight than just winning?
7. Monster Girl Doctor (Light Novel) Vol. 1
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MONSTER GIRLS FIND THIS DOCTORS TOUCH IRRESISTIBLE
Along with his lamia assistant Sapphee, Dr. Glenn runs a medical clinic in the town of Lindworm where monsters and humans coexist. His reputation for responding to the daily medical visits of monster girls is unparalleled. Whether being proposed to by a centaur injured in battle, palpating the gills of a shy mermaid, or suturing the delicate wounds of a feisty flesh golem, Dr. Glenn responds to his patients with as much professional grace as he can muster. Yet when an unsavory character seeks to steal a harpy egg, its Dr. Glenn who must call on his adoring monster girl patients to come to his aid.
An all-new light novel series for fans of Monster Musume and Monster Girl Encyclopedia!
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