A monster calls
a novel
by Patrick Ness, Jim Kay, and Siobhan Dowd
- 18 Ratings
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Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
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Mothers and sons, Single-parent families, Fiction, Loss (Psychology), Schools, Self-actualization (Psychology), Breast cancer, Monsters, Cancer, Juvenile fiction, Breast, nyt:young-adult-paperback=2016-08-28, New York Times bestseller, Children of cancer patients, Parents, Death, Children's nightmares, Bullying in schools, Loss (Psychology) in children, YOUNG ADULT FICTION, Family, Social Themes, Death & Dying, Self-realization, Mother-son relationship, Diseases, Children's fiction, Cancer, fiction, Monsters, fiction, Mothers and sons, fiction, Schools, fiction, Grief, fiction, England, fiction, Single-parent families, fictionPlaces
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A Monster Calls: Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd
Aug 04, 2015, Candlewick
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A brilliant, graphic novel written by young but promising Patrick Ness. This is the story about 13 year old Conor and his mother who is dying of cancer. Conor has to face the cruelty of real life and learn to let his close and dearest go. When no human can help him Monster appears...
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