A Monster Calls: Inspired by an Idea from Siobhan Dowd
By Patrick Ness
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The monster showed up after midnight. As they do. But it isn’t the monster Conor’s been expecting. He’s been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he has had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming. This monster, though, is something different, something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth. Patrick Ness spins a tale from the final story idea of Siobhan Dowd, whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself. Darkly mischievous and painfully funny, A Monster Calls is an extraordinarily moving novel about coming to terms with loss from two of our finest writers for young adults.
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Summary
Summary
Winner of the 2012 Carnegie Medal for Literature
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year in Children's Fiction
An ALA Top Book for Teens
Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books, Best Teen Fiction 2011
An Oprah Pick for Kids' Reading List
Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal
The monster showed up after midnight. As they do.
But it isn’t the monster Conor’s been expecting. He’s been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he has had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming.
This monster, though, is something different, something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth.
Patrick Ness spins a tale from the final story idea of Siobhan Dowd, whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself. Darkly mischievous and painfully funny, A Monster Calls is an extraordinarily moving novel about coming to terms with loss from two of our finest writers for young adults.
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Author Bio: Patrick Ness
Patrick Ness is best known for his books for young adults, including the Chaos Walking trilogy and More Than This. Twice in a row—for Monsters of Men and A Monster Calls—he won the Carnegie Medal, the oldest and most prestigious book award for children’s writing in the UK. A Monster Calls was also the first book ever to simultaneously win the Carnegie Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration. Ness has taught creative writing at Oxford University and is a literary critic for the Guardian. Born in Virginia, he lives in London.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download, CD |
| Category: | Fiction |
| Runtime: | 3.98 |
| Audience: | Young Adult (12–17) |
| Language: | English |
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