| A Monster Calls Contributor(s): Ness, Patrick (Author), Kay, Jim (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0763655597 ISBN-13: 9780763655594 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2011 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement - Young Adult Fiction | Monsters - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Parents |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010040741 |
| Lexile Measure: 730 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.6" W x 8.3" (1.35 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 147163 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The #1 New York Times bestseller 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. |