A monster calls
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Patrick Ness ; inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd ; illustrations by Jim Kay
Contributors: Kay, Jim, ill; Dowd, Siobhan
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Somerville, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780763655594
Subjects: Mothers and sons; Single-parent families; Fiction; Loss (Psychology); Schools; Self-actualization (Psychology); Breast cancer; Monsters
Description: 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.