Monster by Walter Dean Myers Sourcebooks and the Baileys Women’s Prize

and the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction

The introduction by the acclaimed biographer Linda Lear

This unsolved mystery will echo through every decade of Holly’s life

making it a meaningful tribute to someone who values family and strength above all else

Monster by Walter Dean Myers Sourcebooks and the Baileys Women’s PrizeSometimes 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 who is the prosecutor called me. MONSTER. FADE IN: INTERIOR COURT. A guard sits at a desk behind Steve. Kathy O'Brien, Steve's lawyer, is all business as she talks to Steve. O'BRIEN Let me make sure you understand what's going on. Both you and this king