7/29/2023 0 Comments Monster walter dean myers dad![]() ![]() Taylor admires the way the author "tells the story of a kid who drifts into trouble, as opposed to a kid who sets out to get in trouble." It is a frequent theme for Myers, Taylor says: "The absence of something else in their lives, that leaves them vulnerable to drifting, leaves them rudderless, by the appeal of the street. Yet it incorporates those elements into the novel, and maintains the integrity of the narrative." "It's highly visual and highly connected to screenwriting and the flow of the movie. ![]() ![]() It is "a ground-breaking book," Taylor says. She read "Monster" in galley form last winter and chaired the jury that made it a 1999 Coretta Scott King Honor Book. In "Monster," Steve Harmon's struggle is more internal, more introspective, Taylor says. In the 1981 "Hoops," Myers' protagonist Lonnie Jackson was buffeted by outside forces, including a gambling underworld that claimed his basketball coach and mentor. ![]()
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