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Monster walter dean myers setting year5/31/2023 There was also a renewed interest in classic literature dealing with the same themes, such as Monster, a fictional courtroom drama about an African American teen boy in the juvenile court system accused of murder. ![]() This cry was taken up by YA authors and in recent years we have seen a wave of YA books published that deal head-on with racism, police violence and the institutionalized racism of the American justice system. ![]() Martin’s death sparked a movement and set the stage for the rallying cry #BlackLivesMatter. When Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old boy, was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in 2012, it set off a nationwide conversation about race, a conversation that demanded the inclusion of the perspectives of young people. ![]() ‘Monster’ by Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic Inc)
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