A Monster Calls

Author(s): Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd

Young Adult

Patrick Ness's #1 New York Times bestseller now in a movie tie-in version with a striking new cover.


 


The monster in Conor's backyard is not the one he's been expecting -- the one from the nightmare he's had every night since his mother started her treatments. This monster is ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. 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. 


Product Information

Winner of Galaxy National Book Awards: National Book Tokens Children's Book of the Year 2011.

Moving and compelling ... outstanding writing The East Anglian Times A haunting narrative dominated by symbol and atmosphere -- Robert Dunbar Irish Times Incredibly thought-provoking and emotional ... a complete stunner of a book which I couldn't rate anything below five out of five stars. I loved it! UKYA Dark and dangerous, beautifully illustrated and even a bit hopeful. Charlie Fletcher, author of the Stoneheart trilogy

General Fields

  • : 9781406339345
  • : Walker Books Australia
  • : Walker Books
  • : 0.484
  • : April 2012
  • : 208mm X 162mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Paperback
  • : Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd