A MONSTER CALLS
By: Ness, Patrick
An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply
moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous
visitor. At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a
monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been
expecting-- he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's
had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in
his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from
Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea
of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd-- whose premature death from cancer
prevented her from writing it herself-- Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and
darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and
imagined. TitlePeek
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