Download or read book The Monument written by Gary Paulsen and published by Yearling. This book was released on 1993-07-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all begins when Rocky follows Mick Strum around town while he sketches its people, animals and graveyard. Mick has been commissioned by Rocky's Kansas town to create a memorial to their war dead. As Rocky learns to respect Mick and his talents, he helps her to develop her own artistic sensibilities. But the townspeople see things in Mick's drawings that they don't want to know or accept about themselves. Can Mick help them accept one monument that will be meaningful to everyone?