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By: Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014Contributor(s): Myers, Christopher [ill.]Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : HarperTeen/Amistad, 2008, c1999Edition: Rev. Harper Teen edDescription: 281, 28 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN: 9780064407311 (pbk.); 0064407314 (pbk.)Subject(s): Trials (Murder) -- Juvenile fiction | Prisons -- Juvenile fiction | African Americans -- Juvenile fiction | Self-perception -- Juvenile fiction | African Americans | Prisons | Self-perception | Trials (Murder)Genre/Form: Fiction. | Juvenile works. LOC classification: PS3563.Y48 | M66 2008xAwards: Michael L. Printz Award, 2000; Coretta Scott King Award honor book; National Book Award finalist.Summary: While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
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"Extras inside" include Reader's Guide, Questions for the author, Walter's own story, His passion for writing, Why write for young adults, Excerpt from Game.

While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

670 Lexile.

Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.1 5.0 29945.

Reading Counts RC High School 7.1 7 Quiz: 13966 Guided reading level: Z.

Michael L. Printz Award, 2000; Coretta Scott King Award honor book; National Book Award finalist.